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class Euclidean
  class << self
    def similarity(item,other)
      new.sim(item,other)
    end
    
   #inline(:Ruby) do |builder|
   #  builder.optimize :similarity
   #end
  end
  
  def sim(item,other)
    common_keys = item.keys & other.keys
    return 0 if common_keys.empty?
    
    sum_of_squares = 0.0
    common_keys.each do |key| 
      sum_of_squares += (item[key] - other[key]) ** 2
    end
  
    1.0 / (1 + sum_of_squares)
  end
end