Python Project
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | Python Project |
| Author(s) | David de Hilster |
| Published in | NLU Global |
| Date | 2025-03-30 |
| Subject area | Artificial Intelligence |
| Topics | NLP++, Python, natural language processing |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"Python Project" is an article by David de Hilster published on 30 March 2025 on NLU Global, marking the launch of the NLPPlus Python package.
The message de Hilster wants carried to the Python community is that the package is fully customisable. His argument against the alternatives is that turnkey NLP toolkits, sold as needing no customisation, fail eventually and are then abandoned because they cannot be fixed or adapted. He identifies the deeper problem as the industry's treatment of NLP as a solved, generic capability to be dropped into a workflow — a view he says large language models have hardened to the point where rule-based systems are considered not merely impossible but a waste of time.