Re: [OT] ideas on design of a diff monitor

2001-05-13 Thread David Kaufman
"Nick Tonkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working on a tool that should compare two versions of a file (usually, > a web page) and report the _number_ of changes from one to the other... well, the "number of changes" is a human concept; the "number of differences" is only thing a program c

Re: [OT] ideas on design of a diff monitor

2001-05-11 Thread Chris Strom
Nick Tonkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > I'm working on a tool that should compare two versions of a file (usually, > a web page) and report the _number_ of changes from one to the other. I've > played with Algorithm::Diff as well as standard diff and haven't found a > really sane w

[OT] ideas on design of a diff monitor

2001-05-11 Thread Nick Tonkin
Hi all, I'm working on a tool that should compare two versions of a file (usually, a web page) and report the _number_ of changes from one to the other. I've played with Algorithm::Diff as well as standard diff and haven't found a really sane way to "count" changes. With Algorithm::Diff the out