Hi Folks,

We're pleased to announce the release of a new development version of Jess, 
available for download in the usual location:

http://www.jessrules.com/download.shtml

Jess 7.1a1 is the first alpha release of Jess 7.1. Since we haven't had an 
alpha release in quite a while, I should briefly describe what this means. 
Jess alpha releases are feature-incomplete versions of an eventual full 
release. They are held to the same quality standards as our normal releases; 
they pass our full test suite. There are, however, some new features which 
may still be changed considerably before a final release. We're very 
interested in feedback on these new features and we strongly encourage you to 
give them a try.

The major new feature in this release is "peering". Any number of Jess 
instances  can now share a single rule base, leading to much faster startup 
and reduced memory usage for systems in which multiple engines run the same 
rules on differing data. We're especially interesting in feedback regarding 
this feature: does it work for you, of course, but also can you find any 
performance issues or other problems?

Other planned Jess 7.1 features are not yet present in this release and will 
appear in subsequent alpha releases.

As always, feedback is welcome either to the list at [email protected] or 
personally to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

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Ernest Friedman-Hill
Advanced Software Research          Phone: (925) 294-2154
Sandia National Labs                FAX:   (925) 294-2234
PO Box 969, MS 9012                 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Livermore, CA 94550                 http://www.jessrules.com

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