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From: opdyke@dubius.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
Subject: Common LISP / CLOS & Production Rules, Browsing Tools
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Date: 7 Feb 91 16:51:15 GMT
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Posted-Date: Fri Feb  8 08:50:29 GMT 1991
Originator: opdyke@dubius.cs.uiuc.edu

In my current research, I am prototyping using the ANSI Common LISP package 
(Symbolics Genera 8.0.1), making heavy use of CLOS classes / methods.  I would
appreciate input / pointers on the following:

(1) In the next phase of my work I'm considering incorporating a hueristic
    part (ie production rules whose conditions could include slot / instance
    variable values and preferably (more generally) values of arbitrary lisp
    expressions).  Are you aware of any public domain tools that run on top
    of CLOS that can do this?

(2) Browsing tools for displaying inheritance hierarchies, and tools for
    providing Smalltalk-like point-and-click tables of classes and
    subclasses, class members. etc.

I would especially appreciate knowing about public domain tools (or low-cost
commercial tools) that would run on Allegra Common LISP and Symbolics
Genera 8.0.1.

Thanks in advance for responding.

Bill Opdyke
opdyke@cs.uiuc.edu