README
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2Text::LevenshteinXS is an XS implementation of the Levenshtein edit distance in Perl.
3A good point to start is: <http://www.merriampark.com/ld.htm>
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5See also Text::Levenshtein on CPAN for a pure Perl version of this module.
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8PREREQUISITES
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10This suite requires Perl 5; I tested it only under Perl 5.6.
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12Text::LevenshteinXS requires the Test module.
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14A C compiler.
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17INSTALLATION
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19You install Text::LevenshteinXS by running these commands in the *nix environment:
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21 perl Makefile.PL
22 make
23 make test (optional)
24 make install
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26To install Text::LevenshteinXS in the Win32 environment, use nmake instead of make.
27nmake is available for free (in a self extracting executable):
28<http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/Nmake15.exe>
29After download and inflate, put nmake.exe and nmake.err in c:\windows\command .
30You need also a C compiler (e.g. Visual C++).
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33DOCUMENTATION
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35POD format documentation is included in LevenshteinXS.pm.
36POD is readable with the command:
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38 perldoc Text::LevenshteinXS
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41AVAILABILITY
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43The latest version of Text::LevenshteinXS is available from the
44CPAN <http://search.cpan.org/>
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47COPYRIGHT
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49Copyright 2003 Dree Mistrut <dree@friul.it>
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51This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express
52or implied warranty. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
53the same terms as Perl itself.
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