4 Jan
2021
4 Jan
'21
2:23 a.m.
I was a BTL person for 8 years between 1976 and 1984.
During
that time there was a spelling corrector that was better than
anything I see today. There was a concept of "spelling distance"
that corrected a whole bunch of stuff that even today cannot be >
corrected.
Who in that era worked on spelling correction at BTL.
I was at
Columbus BTL (1976-1979) and Whippany BTL (1979-1984).
Peter Nelson made an interface to spell(1) that showed putative errors in
context. I believe it could suggest corrections. I remember the project; I
installed hooks for it in spell(1). I don't remember the date, but it would
probably not have been early enough for you to have used it in Columbus.
If there's a chance that Peter's program is the one you remember
and you'd like to get in touch with him, I can give you his
email address.
Doug