treestuff

This repository is an exploration of implementing a Trie-like structure in a number of different languages. Implementations at the time of writing are:

• C
• C++
• Python
• Haskell

The C++ version is intended to be used to solve boggle boards for every possible word. The end result is solving the boggle challenge on the nerdsniping board in the Hacker School, but the algorithms used should be able to be easily adapted to any number of applications.

Keep in mind that these Trie's are not "real", in that they don't really store any data within in them. The data is effectively stored in the fact that each node corresponds to a character in a specified range.

Building

Building this project depends on the language used. I'll provide instructions for every one.

First, for a language agnostic instruction, clone to repo:

>$ git clone git@github.com:crockeo/treestuff.git
>$ cd treestuff/

C:

>$ cd trie_in_c/
>$ make
>$ ./trie

C++:

>$ cd boggle_solver/
>$ make
>$ ./boggle_solver

Python:

I'm not sure on build instructions for Python. I didn't write the Python code and I'm not very experienced with it. I'll try to get the person who wrote it to make some build instructions.

Haskell:

>$ cd trie_in_hs/
>$ cabal sandbox init
>$ cabal install --only-dependencies
>$ cabal run