Re: [rules-users] Better way to run each rule once?

[Warning: This email may contain heretical thoughts. Read at your own risk.] Again, not knowing all of the facts and project requirements, I can only say that, so far, it sounds like a great problem for Java or C or C++. I prefer C++ to Java and C but that's a personal thing based on not needing to have "Java Expert" on my CV in order to get a job. (I do know Java and started with it way back in 1997 with version 0.9x but I don't consider myself an expert yet.) The CLIPS rulebase is still the fastest bare-bones expert system except for OPSJ and TECH. In addition, we have lots of experienced C+ + programmers in the world and if we run low on C++ programmers then the Java programmers can be taught proper coding techniques and threading procedures not being used today. [See? I told you it was heresy.] I wonder if Drools could be re-written in C++ ?? Sounds like a great project to me. :-) I say things like this, sometimes in jest and sometimes not, so that we, the techie programmers and developers, would stop and think about what we're doing and why. Do we really need to have "Rulebase Programmer" on our CV so badly that we would use it where it is not needed? I have seen rulebased systems used the wrong way on many projects and I just had to walk away. But, enough philosophy for one evening. Think about it and consider your own personal integrity - if you do you'll probably find yourself out of a job but you'll be happier while standing in the unemployment line and wondering "WHY?? Why didn't I just keep my big mouth SHUT??". <grin> SDG James Owen Founder October Rules Fest Senior Consultant / Architect KBSC http://www.kbsc.com http://www.OctoberRulesFest.org Twitter: OctRulesFest Blogs: http://JavaRules.blogspot.com [Rulebased Systems Blog] http://ORF2009.blogspot.com [October Rules Fest Blog] http://exscg.blogspot.com/ [Expert Systems Consulting Group Blog] "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to Robert Hooke, 5 Feb 1676 Come to October Rules Fest and stand on the shoulders of the Giants of the industry; if only for a week. On Oct 9, 2009, at 8:13 PM, Dave Schweisguth wrote: