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abitdodgy / words_counted

A Ruby natural language processor.
http://rubywordcount.com
MIT License
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Is `word` a good name? #5

Closed abitdodgy closed 10 years ago

abitdodgy commented 10 years ago

This program can be used to break down and analyse any string. It doesn't have to be words. I can be numbers, special characters, or a custom regex. So word doesn't necessarily describe the individual components we are breaking strings into. Perhaps string is better? Or candidate?

Although, I accept that the most likely use for this program is as a word counter.

wconrad commented 10 years ago

I think word is as good as anything: Having a descriptive term that is correct most of the time, may be better than having a less descriptive word that is correct all of the time. But whatever you do, please don't pick string.

fragment might not be so bad.

abitdodgy commented 10 years ago

Haha! Yeah, string sounds like a stupid idea. I like the idea of fragment, but I think you might be right... word should do!