Linas: anyway it is internal to PLN, he is not suggesting to replace Atom in the Opencog core
ben On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 2:28 AM, Ari Heljakka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Linas, please note the lower-case 'a' vs. 'A'. > The class 'atom' is in a namespace of reasoning or PTL or PLN, and predates > the whole of opencog code. > > Regarding vtree, I don't have the time to explain it right now. > > -A > > Linas Vepstas wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> 2008/11/1 Joel Pitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> 1. You've mentioned a couple of times that the atom class is obsolete. >>> Do vtrees now essentially fulfill all the tasks expected of the atom >>> class in PLN, such that it's just a matter of replacing atoms with >>> vtrees in most places (and maybe making a few changes to the methods >>> called etc.)... >>> >> >> I'm coming in very late to what must have been a long >> discussion, but ... what is a vtree, and why would it replace >> an "atom class"? >> >> Perhaps I'm naive; currently, opencog has a class called >> "Atom" that is a base class for Node and Link ...surely, >> this is not going away? >> >> I'm representing a broad variety of relationships using >> Nodes and Links, does this "vtree" stuff affect me? Or >> is this more about some internal representation used >> only in the guts of PLN, and has no impact to outsiders? >> >> --linas >> >> > > -- > Ari Heljakka > CTO > Dream Broker Ltd > > Tekniikantie 14 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 02150 Espoo +358 40 568 2420 > Finland www.dreambroker.fi > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~opencog-dev<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopencog-dev> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~opencog-dev<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopencog-dev> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein
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