Finding New Code

tabandmountaindew writes "Too much time is wasted re-implementing code that someone else has already done, for the sole reason it's faster than finding the other code. Previous source code search engines, such as google codesearch and krugle, only considered individual files on their own, leading to poor quality results, making them only useful when the amount of time to re-implement was extremely high. According to a recent newsforge article a fledgling source-code search engine All The Code is aiming to change all of this. By looking at code, not just on its own, but also how it is used, it is able to return more relevant results. This seems like just what we need to unify the open-source community, leading to an actual common repository of unique code, and ending the cycle of unnecessary reimplementing."

Comments

Phew

[Anonymous Coward]

real programmers use CPAN

Doesn't work

[Timesprout]

I just ran a search for "the 500,000 lines of code I need to finish by friday all the stupid extra features the PHB wanted after we had set a deadline based on the original spec".

0 results, rather disappointingly.

Re:I call bullshit on this

[NotQuiteReal]

I often Push on the Pull doors, just to see if they work.

Often the Push/Pull sign is just some control freak placing arbitrary rules on things. So what if you clock a little old lady on the other side once in a while.

Freedom to swing both ways has its price!

Re:Licensing

[Anonymous Coward]

When I worked at SCO we used to do that all the time, works great... I can specifically recommend the linux kernel, it's just so wel documented. (Yes, I am joking and probably flamebait)