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- From: nik@csgi63.dcs.leeds.ac.uk (Nik Silver)
- Subject: Re: AI Programing Language
- Organization: School of Computer Studies, University of Leeds
- References: <95957@bu.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:37:38 GMT
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- In article <95957@bu.edu>, robrod@csa.bu.edu writes:
- >[...]
- >What should someone concentrate on for AI programming?
-
- I would love to spend all my time programming in C, because it's fast and
- because it's standard. But of course C is not an AI language, so I can't
- reasonably expect to get far with it.
-
- Next I thought of POP-11. This is a really clear version of Lisp (very
- roughly) and has lots really nice features. I used Pop for quite a while,
- and was very happy with it. But...
-
- I hadn't (up to then) written a serious (ie. thesis-connected ;-) program.
- Now I have to, and I realise that I need not spend hours/days/weeks writing,
- say, a second-rate production-rule system when a first-rate one already
- exists, as do many other public domain packages. And most of these are written
- in Lisp. Lisp even has a set standard, which Pop does (yet). So that's my
- current project: learn Lisp.
-
- I think there's no one true answer. I'm adopting the philosophy that nothing
- will be perfect, and I'm just going to take a deep breath and jump in to
- a commitment.
-
- --
- Nik ``nik@scs.leeds.ac.uk'' Silver
-