gda@creare.UUCP (Gray Abbott) (01/20/88)
We are considering several expert system tools on several different machines. Two of these tools are Gold Hill's Goldworks and Neuron Data's Nexpert. Goldworks runs on ATs and 386s; Nexpert runs on ATs, Macintosh, and uVax. Rumors are that both will soon run on Suns. Does anyone have any experience with these tools? What are your comments? How is their speed? Have you run LARGE expert systems with them? How much RAM do you really need? How much disk space? What happens when you don't have enough? Have you interfaced with other programs? How well did that work? Both of these tools are much less expensive than other tools that appear to offer similar features (e.g. ART, KEE, KnowledgeCraft, S1). Why is this possible? Is there a catch (that is, what's the downside)? Goldworks includes an underlying LISP; Nexpert allows you do interface with C, FORTRAN, etc. Is this a problem for Nexpert? Please reply by mail and I will summarize to the net. ...dartvax!creare!gda gda%creare%dartmouth.edu