Re: JESS: Is Jess still alive, and Jess In Action

2011-06-01 Thread Jason Morris
Hi Paul, I have to agree with everyone here. I've enjoyed working with Jess since about version 2.0, and have been actively supporting it since 6.0 onward. Ease of use, stability, and robustness have been its hallmarks. Don't let the LISP syntax of the Jess language dissuade you. Once you do a

Re: JESS: Is Jess still alive, and Jess In Action

2011-05-31 Thread Jason Morris
I have been waiting a LONG time for someone besides me to ask this question. Can't wait to hear the answer ;-) On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Paul Gifford pggiff...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, We're looking at a couple of Java rules engines, Jess among them. It's been a couple of years since

Re: JESS: Is Jess still alive, and Jess In Action

2011-05-31 Thread Ernest Friedman-Hill
Jess in Action is still valid; there are some newer features since then, and some newer best practices, but nothing in the book is *wrong*. The release notes in the Jess 7.0 manual explicitly address the 6.x - 7.x transition and things that you might want to change, so they serve as a nice

RE: JESS: Is Jess still alive, and Jess In Action

2011-05-31 Thread John Everett
I’m using Jess on a large DARPA project, and I find it to be a mature and stable platform. The mailing list goes quiet but responds quickly when people ask questions. The Jess language is a subset of LISP, which is an obvious touchpoint for religious debates, so if you’re looking for a “reason”

Re: JESS: Is Jess still alive, and Jess In Action

2011-05-31 Thread Paul Gifford
Great, thank you! On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Ernest Friedman-Hill ejfr...@sandia.govwrote: Jess in Action is still valid; there are some newer features since then, and some newer best practices, but nothing in the book is *wrong*. The release notes in the Jess 7.0 manual explicitly

Re: JESS: Is Jess still alive, and Jess In Action

2011-05-31 Thread Craig Cunningham
Hi Paul, We have two applications that are deployed operationally. One is a real time data driven decision support system processing health data. Its been in operation for two years, running non-stop without an error. The second is an operational app that provides risk assessment for