>>>>> "Ernest" == Ernest Friedman-Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ernest> I think David Young wrote:
>> I'm seriously considering building a Common Lisp implementation of
>> CLIPS...
Ernest> This was the same dearth that drove me to write Jess in the
Ernest> first place. Suggestion: consider writing using Scheme rather
Ernest> than CLOS...
Hello Ernest; thanks very much for your thoughts. I must admit I
didn't even consider Scheme, not knowing much more than "it's a
dialect of Lisp". I'll investigate; however, from my recent Lisp work
it appears Common Lisp has "come a long way". There are now CORBA
bindings available from both Franz and Harlequin, and the Foreign
Function Interface is supposed to allow seamless integration with
other languages (I haven't used the FFI, though).
Ernest> I think that perhaps we might help each other out; if you
Ernest> implement Jess features, perhaps I might reimplement some of
Ernest> the features you invent for your system. We could also share
Ernest> impementation war stories that might improve both systems.
Indeed, I would enjoy and appreciate this collaboration. I'm going to
begin preliminary reseach (translation, "reading"). Once I've begun
prototyping, I'll let you know. Thanks again.
Regards,
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feeling that we no longer live nobly."
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"Programming should be fun,
programs should be beautiful"
-- P. Graham
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