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From: tut@cairo.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill "Bill" Tuthill)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Concordance Generators
Keywords: Software, Concordances, Public Domain, Unix
Message-ID: <10679@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 91 23:22:58 GMT
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In article <2407@cybaswan.UUCP>, eederavi@cybaswan.UUCP (Farzin Deravi) writes:
> I am looking for software to generate a concordance from an English text.
> I would prefer a public domain product running under UNIX or DOS.  I have
> used the Oxford Concordance Programme but I feel there MUST be something
> better than this out there.

I wrote a concordance package called Hum while studying at UC Berkeley.
Hum is public domain, written in C, and runs on Unix.  Having never used
OCP, I can't say whether Hum is better or worse, but reports indicate
Hum is faster.  OCP was written in Fortran, which used to be more widely
available than C (interesting how things change).  Brian MacWhinney of
CMU has ported Hum to DOS.

I'd be happy to bundle up the C/Unix version for anybody who wants it.
You'll have to compile yourself.  I have no control over the DOS version,
and don't know about availability or cost.  Hum/Unix is free.

Bill