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From: gors@well.UUCP (Gordon Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: ES shells
Message-ID: <12825@well.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jul 89 02:38:32 GMT
References: <355@cspi.cspi.com> <102930002@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Reply-To: gors@well.UUCP (Gordon Stewart)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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I have been working with CLIPS, and ES shell with powerful pattern
matching, great speed and portability (written in C) -- I have
been using the executable version which I got when I bought
the book:

	Expert Systems / Principles and Programming
	Giarratano & Riley, PWS-KENT, Boston 1989

This has prompted me to order the source, which is currently around $350
for the 25,000 lines of C.  I plan to make my own extensions, foreign
function interface, etc -- so I'd be willing to post the source when I
get it -- the license does not restrict me from doing so in any way,
since it's free to Government users, was built by NASA, and etc, etc

CLIPS on my 386 box is as fast as LISP-based ESs on LISP Machines.

The book is $60-65 -- and well worth it. I will entertain detailed
questions about features of CLIPS if delivered via e-mail

m sierchio

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