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From: farris@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Russell H. Farris)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.text
Subject: Re: poetry analysis, pattern recogn.
Keywords: pattern, text, analysis, poetry
Message-ID: <1031@marlin.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 20 Feb 88 00:21:41 GMT
References: <419@boole.acc.virginia.edu>
Reply-To: farris@marlin.nosc.mil.UUCP (Russell H. Farris)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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In article <419@boole.acc.virginia.edu>cap4r@boole.acc.virginia.edu
(Chris Pohlig) writes:
>I have a project that involves determining variations between different
>versions of a very long poem.  Unfortunately, simple file comparison 
>programs are inappropriate since not all differences between the versions 
>are important. . . .

Look into using SNOBOL (on a PC) or SPITBOL.  A PD version called
Vanilla SNOBOL4 is available--with many sample programs--from
Simtel20.  The full-blown version, called SNOBOL4+, is available
for $95 from Catspaw, Inc., P.O.  Box 1123, Salida, Colorado
81201, (305) 539-3884.

                   Russ (just a happy customer) Farris