> > > > Hmm... this was a bit scattered of a response, but I'm really loathe > to turn away a) nice hooks between Solr and Mahout, b) scripting-style > wrappers which could expand our community, and c) simply new > functionality. > > +1 I definitely don't want to turn it away, I want to ensure that duplication of stuff don't happen and the heavy lifting is indeed done in Java and it should be easy enough for anyone to consume in any existing app in any language, Even something as crazy as COBOL apps calling Mahout classifiers http://www.emunix.emich.edu/info/cobol/books/dpjafc.htm
LSA implementation should actually be in Mahout core. I would love it to be Robin