From: David Balmain <dbalmain.ml@...>
Date: 2005-10-21T14:17:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Quiz Idea

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Hey guys,

Also check out Ferret for another ruby indexing library.

http://ferret.davebalmain.com/trac

But this quiz is still a great idea. It was something I thought about while
writing Ferret. It will be interesting to see what people come up with. I'l=
l
certainly be partaking. As Ryan mentioned, the goal should be to solve the
problem in the shortest, most elegant, yet fastest
way possible.

HINT: From the OP's example, you'll get much better search speeds for large
document sets by inverting the index.

Regards,
Dave

On 10/20/05, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
>
> On Oct 19, 2005, at 9:54 AM, Ryan Leavengood wrote:
>
> > On 10/19/05, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Is there any interest in this? I'm fine with running it, if anybody
> >> thinks they would like to work it.
> >>
> >
> > It sounds interesting to me. Despite doing all the benchmarking I
> > never did create my own solution for the non-unique array elements
> > problem, so it might be fun to take part in a similar exercise for a
> > quiz.
>
> I've added this problem to the quiz queue. It will show up in a few
> weeks.
>
> Thank you both.
>
> James Edward Gray II
>
>
>

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