Per parsing language, you might want to look at what python's nltk and Java's gate (less familiar with the later) have done for inspiration. On Apr 25, 2012 10:07 PM, "Isaac Schlueter" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please do not bicker over politics here. This is not the place, and > it never ever ends well. > > Please do not call each other idiots or make other personal remarks. > If you want to say that a piece of *code* is terrible, or that a > software approach is misguided, or that a statement is factually > untrue, then that's perfectly fine (as long as it actually is!) but > the Node.js user list must remain respectful. (Challenging someone > for benchmark numbers when they've made performance assertions is also > not only accepted, but encouraged.) > > But a personal insult is not allowed, even if it's warranted. If > someone's *actually* causing problems, let me or one of the other > admins know, and they'll get a warning, and if that doesn't work, > they'll get banned. (Even if the person is an admin. You can > complain about me to the other core devs on this list, and they'll set > me straight.) Calling someone a troll is insulting if they are not, > and it is entertaining if they are. > > Don't complain in public about another user. Just talk to an admin in > private. (Or email them directly off-list, if you feel comfortable > doing so.) > > > More on topic, > > The MIT license in node (as well as the MIT and BSD licenses in the > vast majority of open source node programs) explicitly allows use for > closed-source commercial applications. If Dennis wants to keep his > source closed, then that's his prerogative. In fact, he can take all > the modules we create, and use them in his closed-source proprietary > thing, so long as he abides by the extremely liberal licenses that > most of them use. If you think he's wrong about the value of open > source, or its overblownness, refute it with data. (Or don't, and > just go back to cranking out awesome open source software.) > > > Dennis, since you came here ostensibly trying to raise interest among > other developers (and have been mostly successful, reading through the > thread), I would suggest re-thinking your approach somewhat. I'm not > talking about what's right or wrong, merely what's effective. Many > people come to a project like Node.js because they feel strongly about > open source software. If your goal is to recruit them, you should > think about the effects that your words have. If you want to recruit > developers who *aren't* passionate about open source software, then > you're in the wrong place. > > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 18:20, Dennis Kane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You don't come off as an asshole -- and besides, we have no problem with > >> assholes: we're developers. Saying the things you're saying, to the > audience > >> you're saying them to -- well, it's that you come off as an idiot. The > good > >> news is this is a lot easier to fix. > >> > > > > I'm an idiot because of my political views, and not my programming > ability, > > I assume. The only thing I'm worried about is the programming. If > you've > > got some criticism about that, I'm all ears. > > > >> > >> Oh, you're looking for help? Here's a suggestion: you could open up the > >> code and see what people do. > > > > No. Now chill out about the open source thing. It's boring. Redundant. > > Etc. > > > >> > >> Far be it from us to tell you what to do with your code, but you're the > >> one asking for help, and this is naturally the first bit of feedback > you're > >> going to get. Why would any of us invest much more of our precious time > >> helping you improve your proprietary product? The world doesn't work > that > >> way -- at least, not anymore. > >> > > Dude, I'm looking to get a business off the ground. People work with > each > > other and try to make money off of their labors. It has happened once or > > twice before. You say the word "proprietary" as if its one of the seven > > deadly ones. > > > >> > >> So yes, back to the thing itself: node.js (this is the node.js list, > after > >> all). You've expressed clearly that you have no interest in making your > work > >> part of node's ecosystem. So at this point you're just noise, no > different > >> than a recruiter. You just said as much yourself: "I'm here because I > can't > >> do this thing by myself." At least recruiters, even the worst of them, > have > >> a payed position to offer and the good sense not to directly insult the > >> target audience :P > >> > > Sorry. I don't have any personal feelings about node's ecosystem. It's > > just a tool that I take for granted. I set up the site with express, and > > now I don't think about it. It just works. I have a server hooked into > the > > main parser to shuttle stuff between it and express. Sometimes I need to > > make use of the filesystem. Other that that, I'm pretty much using > straight > > javascript. It's google's v8 work that's doing most of the heavy lifting > for > > me. Besides, I didn't know that I had to have feelings for the tools > that I > > use in order to be accepted in the development community. And yes, I am > > recruiting people who are interested in doing something awesome with this > > tool. And I'll offer something even better that paychecks: how about > > co-ownership? > > > >> > >> Good luck to you and your product, but kindly take your noise elsewhere. > > > > > > Nah, I think I'll chill here for awhile. 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