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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: (Long post) Metaphone Algorithm In AWK
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:15:45 +0100
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porkchop@invalid.foo (Mike Sanders) writes:

> Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> I don't know what your are asking for as this (your latest AWK) is not
>> just an implementation of the metaphone algorithm.  With the extra
>> Levenshtein test it "texas" matches only a few words.
>
> Not seeking/asking for anything Ben, just enjoy the ride =)
>
> As for my Metaphone take... In fact it is. Several Metaphone variants
> use Levenshtein & can be any mixture of three types of Metaphone
> versions further still, or even a mix. Seems that's the way it is
> in the wild...

There are certainly variants (and developments of the original) but I
thought you were implementing the same algorithm as the code you
referenced.  Sorry for the confusion.

-- 
Ben.