Harper Grammar System Evolves with 500-1000% Improvement in Rule Processing
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Summary
The article announces a major update to Harper, a grammar checking system, that enables significant improvements in handling complex grammatical cases and contexts. The new system increases the ability to add new grammatical rules by 500-1000% without slowing down performance or increasing memory usage. The author explains the technical challenges of grammar checking methodologies and how this evolution addresses them.
Key quotes
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I've been working on a system that should allow us to handle more complex grammatical cases and contexts, faster.
I believe it will improve our ability to add new grammatical rules to Harper by somewhere between 500% and 1,000%.
this system does it without slowing Harper itself down or increasing the memory footprint.
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