Hi Folks, An announcement or three... First, Sandia's Y2K plan calls for much of our network to be shut down over the holidays. Therefore neither this list nor the Jess web site are likely to be functioning starting sometime this week, until perhaps Jan 3rd or so. Second, as soon as things come back up after the holidays, there will be one more 5.0 beta. There are several bug fixes and three new features: 1) limited support for an RU.LONG type; 2) nested 'not' CEs and the 'exists' CE; 3) a new function (run-until-halt) and associated machinery such that the busy-wait loop is no longer necessary for agent-like systems. Finally, if you get a chance, please head over to www.thehungersite.com. It literally takes two seconds, there are no forms to fill out, and your visit will generate a few pennies worth of advertising revenue, enough to pay for a meal for someone less fortunate than yourself. Happy holidays to all! --------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Friedman-Hill Distributed Systems Research Phone: (925) 294-2154 Sandia National Labs FAX: (925) 294-2234 Org. 8920, MS 9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 969 http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov Livermore, CA 94550 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------
