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		graycat 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why LLMs can't really build software "Rules"? An earlier effort at AI was based on rules and the C. Forgy RETE algorithm. Soooo, rules have been tried??

pjmlp 4 months ago [–]

C?

Rules engines were traditionally written in Prolog or Lisp during the AI wave they were cool.

graycat 4 months ago | [–]

> "C?"

Forgy was Charles Forgy.

For a "rules engine", there was also IBM's YES/L1.

pjmlp 4 months ago | | [–]

Ah,thanks for the clarification.

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