This page promises me I won’t have to do it if I use their software:
http://sunspot.github.com/
What is “string programming”? Programming characterized by copious string manipulation?
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“Sunspot” interfaces with “Solr”.
“Solr” is an open-source full-text search engine.
So I guess what they mean by “string programming” is the ability to programmatically make full-text searches (using their Sunspot library with Ruby-on-Rails to talk to the Solr full-text search engine).
‘Hope that helps
PS:
Here’s more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Solr