Archive for May, 2017

Definite Clause Grammars (DCG) in Lisp

Written by on May 22, 2017 in LISP, Natural Language Processing, Programming with 0 Comments
Definite Clause Grammars (DCG) in Lisp

Definite Clause Grammars (DCG) are an elegant formalism for specifying context free grammars, and part of their popularity is due to their support in the Prolog language. Most books on Natural Language processing usually include a brief coverage of DCGs, even though Natural languages are not context-free. Because of the ability to attach arbitrary actions […]

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Accessing Dictionary API Using Lisp

Written by on May 7, 2017 in LISP, Programming with 0 Comments

A few days ago when I was searching for good online dictionaries, I stumbled upon Oxford Dictionary API for developers. I decided to check it out and registered for a free account. This allows me to make 3000 API calls in a month. Since I am not planning to use this service commercially, that limit […]

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