Has anyone on the list used clucence (<a href="http://clucene.sourceforge.net/index.php/Main_Page">http://clucene.sourceforge.net/index.php/Main_Page</a>)? I've been playing with Lucene indexes for a side project (category intersections on wikipedia) and while it has been easy to develop using zend_search_lucene, but want to try for faster results. I'm thinking this stuff is very relevant to a Lucene backed search engine and that, even though I'm risking offending the "premature optimization" gods, a search app written in c/c++ is very likely to be inherently faster (in execution, not development) that anything else (all other factors being equal).
<br><br>So, that brings me to my question. I can clumsily write in c, and compile basic programs, but do not know any of the nuances or "advanced features" of c++. I'm trying to compile some example code and having problems. If anybody was even remotely interested or was willing to humor a few newbie questions, it might lead to some exploratory development that might be of use to the search project.
<br><br>(So, if anyone can help, would you email me and we'll talk "off-line"?)<br><br>Thanks!<br>Aerik<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><a href="http://www.wikidweb.com">http://www.wikidweb.com</a> - the Wiki Directory of the Web