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Search Engine For Coders to Launch

Posted by Zonk on from the sounds-codetacular dept.

karvind writes "According to Wired, 'Krugle' is set to next month. The search engine indexes programming code and documentation from open-source repositories like SourceForge, and includes corporate sites for programmers like the Sun Developer Network. The index will contain between 3 and 5 terabytes of code by the time the engine launches in March. According to article, Krugle also contains intelligence to help it parse code and to differentiate programming languages, so a PHP developer could search for a website-registration system written in PHP simply by typing 'PHP registration system.'" Update: 02/17 21:04 GMT by Z : Summary edited for accuracy.

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  1. Works well already. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny

    Results <b>1 - 10</b> of about 893,795,000 for "/* I hate working at EA */"

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  2. Good for Sony! by Vinnie_333 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This will make it so much easier for Sony's programmers ....

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  3. Re:Where does it say that Google is launching it? by MatthewParker · · Score: 2, Funny
    Krugle beta

    it must be Google

  4. Uh oh... by gabecubbage · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is a spectacularly bad idea...

    I estimate only three days before someone successfully compiles Krugle on a shiny new Mactelnix box and ushers in the Singularity overnight, and twenty years ahead of schedule.

    "I'm sorry Sergey... I'm afraid I can't do that..."

  5. Later in the year... by DrEldarion · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're also planning on releasing "kringle", a search engine for presents, but they're currently in litigation with a "Dr. Claus".

  6. Re:err, i don't think it's from google by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Funny

    When people use brand names to generically identify something, I find it more annoying than Scotch Tape in a Xerox machine. I get an Excedrin headache no Band-Aid can fix, and have to work off my stress by playing Nintendo.

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  7. Bah. by BigZaphod · · Score: 2, Funny

    What I really want is a code engine that let's me type: "the misguided and hopeless project I'm working on" in the search box and then delivers the finished executable and documentation so I can email it to my boss and go home early.

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  8. Filtering out buggy code by ewg · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope you can add -buggy to your query to filter out all the buggy code.

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  9. Re:koders by NialScorva · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was going to make a smart-ass comment about it not having lame, but turns out that it does

  10. DWIM() by EatHam · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I'll finally be able to find that Do What I Mean function I've been searching for.