>> I do want a C port of Lucene (even a loose one). > > > BTW, I think "loose" ports are far more interesting than strict ports, > since they have the freedom to introduce neat innovations, enabling > two-way cross fertilization. Lucene grows much more due to loose > ports. I've learned so much more from Marvin, and Lucene has > benefited far more from Marvin's work, than from the strict Lucene > ports.
Talking about that - have you guys seen this? http://vafer.org/blog/20090107014544 LuceneKit is a Objective-C port. I think it would be great to have it part of the Lucene community. But I fear it has similar problems that Lucy has. cheers -- Torsten
