I think Dheeraj Kakar wrote:
> Hello Jess users,
> 
> Quoting from the manual:
> 
> " A rule containing an 'or' conditional element with n branches is 
> precisely equivalent to n rules, each of which has one branch as its 
> left hand side. In fact, this is how the or conditional element is 
> implemented: Jess internally generates one new rule for each branch."
> 
> If both branches of an OR are matched, does it lead to multiple 
> activations? 

Yes. If this isn't what you ant, then if the right-hand-side takes
some measurable action, then you can add a negated pattern to the
left-hand-side to detect whether this has occurred yet; i.e.,

(defrule foo (or (a) (b)) (not (c)) => (assert (c)))




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