John, (01)
you wrote:
> Ed,
>
> I agree with most of your response to my remark, with the exception
> of one sentence.
>
> JFS>> DL is just one of a large number of logic-based technologies
> >> that produce useful results for certain kinds of problems.
> >> Unfortunately, people are being forced to use OWL for tasks
> >> that it was never designed to do. They go through contortions
> >> that make Perl look like the epitome of structured elegance.
>
>
> EB> I fully agree. Part of that is the silver bullet mentality:
> > OWL is the best technology available; so whatever contortion you
> > have to perform to use it is the best you could have done. And
> > we are both familiar with the software engineer's pride of
> > accomplishment in building a Rube Goldberg device to solve a
> > problem that would be a simple application of a technology he
> > is unfamiliar with. But we have made progress -- it is not
> > a primitive AI application coded in Fortran anymore.
>
> The point that I very strongly disagree with is that "OWL is
> the best technology available." (02)
I obviously must learn to express myself more clearly. That was to be read:
"the silver bullet mentality: (to wit, that) OWL is the best
technology available; so ..." (03)
We do not disagree. :-) (04)
Best,
-Ed (05)
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