RE: JESS: Is it for me... (long)

2003-04-01 Thread Alan Moore
f my posts - apologies in advance. alan -Original Message- From: James C. Owen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: JESS: Is it for me... (long) Sorry, couldn't let this one go by without a comment. (And then I really, rea

Re: JESS: Is it for me... (long)

2003-04-01 Thread James C. Owen
Sorry, couldn't let this one go by without a comment. (And then I really, really have to get back to work... :-) Alan, I cut out all but one paragraph of your response. I was in complete agreement with the rest of it. A well-designed, goal-oriented approach actually uses (not salience - hate t

RE: JESS: Is it for me... (long)

2003-04-01 Thread Alan Moore
Jeff, My two cents worth and likely stating the obvious... Once you decide that you want to use a rule engine, be sure your execution is as good as your decision. Some things that can help are: Make a clear distinction between policy and mechanism -- which is just another way of saying that you