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Implement Phonetic ("Sounds-like") Name Searches with Double Metaphone Part V: .NET Implementation

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Presents a C# implementation of Double Metaphone, for use with any of the .NET languages.
7-22-03
Adam Nelson <anelson@apocryph.org>
http://www.apocryph.org

This zip archive contains source code and release binaries for each of the
Double Metaphone implemnetations included in my "Implement Phonetic Matching ("Sounds-like") 
Name Searches" with the Double Metaphone Algorithm" article series.

Note that in order to experiment with these implementations, you will need the
dmetaphone_demo.zip archive, containing the source code and release binaries
for each of the sample applications included with the article series.

The contents of this archive are as follows:
* MetaphoneLib - C++ source code of the Double Metaphone template classes
* MetaphoneCOM - COM Automation wrapper around MetaphoneLib, exposing Double Metaphone
implementation for use by Visual Basic, and Windows scripting langauges
* Metaphone.NET - C# implementation of Double Metaphone for .NET
* XPMetaphone - SQL Server Extended Stored Procedure wrapper around MetaphoneLib,
exposing Double Metaphone implementation to SQL code


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My name is Adam Nelson. I've been a professional programmer since 1996, working on everything from database development, early first-generation web applications, modern n-tier distributed apps, high-performance wireless security tools, to my last job as a Senior Consultant at BearingPoint posted in Baghdad, Iraq training Iraqi developers in the wonders of C# and ASP.NET. I am currently an Engineering Director at Dell.

I have a wide range of skills and interests, including cryptography, image processing, computational linguistics, military history, 3D graphics, database optimization, and mathematics, to name a few.

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