Re: Minsky still posting

From: alex goldman (hello_at_spamm.er)
Date: 03/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 06:04:53 -0800

Matthew Huntbach wrote:

> I think this is another case of falling for the hype of Prolog rather
> than accepting the reality. Prolog is just another little programming
> language, It isn't magic, it isn't intelligent, it is in fact rather
> awkward.

Is there any inductive learning system that is capable of learning
relational data in the presence of background knowledge and yet is not
based on Prolog or its close relatives?

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