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On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Mark Engelberg <mark.engelb...@gmail.com>wrote: > I used CLIPS (another forward-chaining rule system) for several years, and > the way I tend to explain it to people is that it is the best tool for the > job when your code would look like an enormous cond with thousands of > cases, executed over and over, because: > > 1. The Rete algorithm can "jump to the right branch" more efficiently > than testing each case one by one in some linear order. > 2. When you have thousands of cases, it can be difficult to ensure that > they are in exactly the right order and/or don't overlap. Forward-chaining > systems let you express the cases more declaratively and apply precedence > rules judiciously rather than thinking about precedence all the time. > > I think a forward-chaining system would also make a great foundation for a > project that requires some sort of dataflow architecture. > > I agree with Ryan that it tends to be useful in different contexts than > constraint solvers. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
