[boost] [GSoC] NLP Idea for GSoC 2011 project

Hello list, I have worked with Boost on my projects but haven't really thought of using C++ as a language for NLP. The NLP that I have done is on Python and Java, for their built-in string methods. I don't know if this is inexperience or ignorance, but does C++ work well for NLP? I was thinking of having a GSoC project that is devoted to provide support for NLP. I mean like the kind that looks real easy on python. Also, I was looking at some C++ code using Boost/tokenizer.hpp that tokenized some text and it looked a bit scary. Any suggestions or advice? -- Regards, Sarma Tangirala, Junior - Class of 2012, Department of Information Science and Technology, College of Engineering Guindy - Anna University