Re: Spell Checking for Non European Languages, and for Conlangs

> As for C++.... I agree with you... god knows why so many programmers
>use it. *shrugs* There might be a good reason I'm missing, being a poor
>hobby programmer rather than a professional.
C++ is popular because it builds on C, which was very popular because it
was a clean, simple language that was speed-competitive with assembly. Most
of the languages that programmers prefer over C run through an interpreter,
which makes them unsuitable for many purposes. A lot of people, especially
for multi-person projects, like the way C++ encourages structuring
programs.

My limited experience suggests that Haskell is very suited to parsing and
the kind of rule-based processing that would be done for spell-checking.

Replies