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.  I'm sure there are some people
> > around here like me that appreciate new technology over the same old
> > politics.
> >
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