Text/Align version 0.01
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This module is intended to be a base class for modules that intend to
experiment with the Ukkonen/Kruskal dynamic-programming algorithm for
alignment.

Derived classes shipped with this component include
Text::Align::Levenshtein and Text::Align::WagnerFischer, which are
intended as more configurable replacements for Text::Levenshtein and
Text::WagnerFischer. (The latter pair of modules do not allow the user
to examine the alignment resulting in the score).

This module allows the user to use alternate weightings, based on the
specific characters (or elements) being substituted, deleted or
inserted.

It also can apply to calculate alignments between arrays, if array
references are provided.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

  Just pure Perl (so far).

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2002 Jeremy Kahn <kahn@cpan.org>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself. It was written for academic
purposes; if you find yourself using it, please credit the author
appropriately (he reads email, too).