Aki, I guess you can see, from the replies so far, that what language people choose is strongly influenced by their conception of AI. Since people have very different opinions on what an AI is and what is the best way to build it, it is natural that they selected different languages, based mainly on its convenience for their concrete goal, or even tried to invite new ones.
Therefore, I don't think there is a consensus on what the most suitable language is for AI. Pei On 2/17/07, Aki Iskandar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks Pei. I didn't mean for it to be a blanket statement. I was just surprised at all the different preferences, so it seemed like language didn't matter that much. I would imaging that a healthy portion of people on this list have a PhD - so clearly there are other factors in language selection than just familiarity with the language - I was just curious to learn about some if the factors - since they would help my understanding of some of the challenges that lie ahead. I'm in that boat - not a PhD, but was looking for a language more suited for AI than sticking with my most familiar language (C#) - and, for the moment anyway, settled on Python. Prolog, LISP, and LISP subsets such as Scheme, are traditional AI languages, but I found that LISP takes a lot of getting used to - more time that I have - to get proficient enough with it to the point where I can write interesting stuff. Python came naturally - and seems more flexible than C#. What I found really interesting is that there is someone in this group that is creating his own language to solve the AI puzzle. Given the time it takes to create a language, this tells me that there were too many drawabcks / limitations in using an existing language. Regards, ~Aki On 17-Feb-07, at 1:09 PM, Pei Wang wrote: > On 2/17/07, Aki Iskandar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> What, to >> me - as a complete novice to AI - seems counterintuitive in language >> selection, is that the pros and cons of each language come second, as >> a factor of selection, to familiarity. > > That conclusion is probably too strong. At least in my case, each time > I switched from a more familiar language to a less familiar one, > because of some other reasons. > > Pei > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303 ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
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