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Re: Artificial Intelligence Programming in Perl

by dws (Chancellor)

on Jul 01, 2002 at 01:39 UTC ( [id://178471]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to Artificial Intelligence Programming in Perl

Why is this? Is Perl not suited for AI applications? Is it too slow? Is Perl OO programming too messy?

LISP got there first and staked a claim on mindshare. That claim has been slowly eroding, but not, seemingly, in favor of Perl. The latest AI stuff I've seen has been in Java. Why? Probably because Java is the OO language of choice in many settings, and the AI crowd moves in a small number of herds.

I once did an AI assignment in COBOL, but that's a different (sick, twisted) story...

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Re: Re: Artificial Intelligence Programming in Perl by cjf (Parson) on Jul 01, 2002 at 01:53 UTC
Probably because Java is the OO language of choice in many settings Perl isn't exactly known as a clean OO language (with just cause). From what I've heard (unconfirmed rumours mostly) of Perl 6 this should be changing relatively soon. Any opinions as to how much this will contribute to people taking Perl seriously for AI projects?	[reply]

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