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From: tlholl@pacbell.com (Teresa L. Hollidge)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
Subject: Re: intellicorp's kappa/prokappa
Summary: experience with Kappa, exposure to ProKappa
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Date: 18 Oct 90 03:41:20 GMT
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Posted-Date: Fri Oct 19 10:38:50 GMT 1990

I'm currently working on a fairly substantial system which I am building
in Kappa.  I'm not exactly sure what sort of information you're looking for
with regards to either product.  So I'll just give you a quick line about each
and if that's not enough then send me some e-mail.

ProKappa
	I haven't used it but I've seen a demo.  We're in the process of trying
to get an evaluation copy, the intent being to see if it fits our needs for a
very large project.  From what I've seen, it looks slick and well put 
together.  How well it performs is something I can't answer.  Gut impression is
that it's a lot like KEE or ART (lisp-versions) but written in C.

Kappa-PC
	I'm currently using it to build a diagnostic-type expert system.  For
a small size tool it's pretty good.  I don't know of anything in the range
that would be any better.  It does lack a few things that would be nice  
(multiple inheritance, user-definable slot facets (though you can do it, just
not automagically)).  The current version of Kappa is a significant improvement
over previous versions.  Windows 3.0 (which it runs under) has helped.  Also 
linking to other tools is fairly simple (excel, toolbook, etc).  

There's lots more I could say about Kappa-PC but I'm not sure what you're   
interested in hearing.

Best of luck!

Teresa Hollidge


MicroTechnologies
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