agyss / gender.c

gender.c

This is a fork from gender.c, written by Jörg MICHAEL (astro.joerg_googlemail.com) in the years 2007 and 2008. The original README is linked here.

Purpose

The original purpose of the program was to find the right addressation for a person based on their first names. The provided data and structure are really valuable and may provide solid ground for further firstname-based projects.

Todos:

• Compilation not tested, program is provided AS IS from (webarchiv)
• Data was carefully collected back in 2008 (see original README), but should be updated
• Not all countries from the world are covered
• Currently no support for more modern (Python, Node, ...) environments
• Data should be converted in more modern format (JSON?)

History of the program

date	description
2007-05-23:	The first version of this program is submitted for publication in a German computer magazine (c't).
2007-08-06:	Version 1.0: is published in c't.
2007-09-07:	Version 1.1: gender.c: A simple caching mechanism has been implemented and some minor bugs have been corrected. nam_dict.txt: 50+ names (most of them from Czech Republic and Slovakia) have been added and a few errors have been corrected.
2007-11-15:	Version 1.1.1: A few names have been added or reclassified.
2008-11-30:	Version 1.2: gender.c : - The function "find_similar_name" (plus "standardize_arabic_name") has been added (see documentation in this file). - New functions to support unicode and utf-8 have been added (see documentation in this file). - The function "internal_search" has been improved and some minor bugs have been corrected. - gen_ext.h: The macro "GENDER_COMPARE_EXACT" has been deleted and the new default is "COMPARE_EXPANDED_UMLAUTS". - nam_dict.txt: - 3200+ names (most of them being from Asia, and Germany/East Frisia) have been added and a number of errors have been corrected (e.g. "Rigmor" reclassified to: female). - Frequency values for many countries have been improved. "ex-U.S.S.R. (Asian)" has been split into: a) Armenia, b) Azerbaijan, c) Georgia d) Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan,etc.