From: seebs@... (Peter Seebach)
Date: 2007-07-23T12:07:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Boyer-Moore string search algorithm in ruby

In message <8E18FA11-568B-4331-9BC0-2FB4B6BFC687@gmail.com>, John Joyce writes:
>Perhaps if you look into the code for one of those functions, you  
>might find that it is done in Ruby, you might not.

True.

Normally, when someone asks for an algorithm implemented in a language,
a library-style implementation will be a poor fit, as most library
implementations are tuned for speed rather than readability -- perhaps
less true in Ruby, I admit.

-s