Fwd: [IMC-Tech] LEXBAN, a tool to lexically ban flooders such as Bobby

[David Young]

I do not see why it is necessary or desirable to use OCAML to count
words, but maybe he has written a more interesting program than what
he describes.

I will read the source.

Dave

On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 12:35:57PM -0600, Paul Riismandel wrote:
> Any thoughts on this?
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> >LEXBAN is a tool that I've written that is designed to make it easy to
> >lexically ban individuals who do things such as flooding like "Bobby"
> >in a simple and programmable fashion.  Even though it is written in
> >OCaml, it is designed specifically for use on Unix and Unix-like
> >systems, for it uses its exit code to signal whether it has accepted
> >or denied a file.  Note that it is a general tool, as it is not tied
> >to anything specific such as Active; note that glue code will need to
> >be written for it to be used with something such as Active.  When
> >used, it is passed the file to be processed (usually a text file, even
> >though it can also be used with HTML and TeX), and it indicates
> >acceptance with an exit code of 0 and denial with an exit code of
> >1.
> >
> >There is already a prewritten "Bobby" lexical ban module for it,
> >which is somewhat primitive as it uses a relatively small number of
> >words (22 words, not counting plural variants) and it only uses word
> >counts in scoring (rather than frequencies) at the present.  However,
> >it is already effective, as it does currently effectively pick out
> >articles and text files written by Bobby from other articles and text
> >files.
> >
> >If you are interested in this, just reply saying that you want a
> >.tar.gz file for LEXBAN posted or emailed to a specific address. Note
> >that for detailed instructions, including building, programming (so
> >one isn't limited to the already provided "Bobby" lexical ban module
> >in its current form), and finding an OCaml compiler, one has to read
> >the README file included in the LEXBAN tarball.
> >
> >--
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> >They're the teachers who tell me to fight me.
> >Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission, ignorance,
> >hypocrisy, brutality, the elite.
> >All of which are American dreams.
> >
> >               - Rage Against The Machine

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