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From: Staffan Larsson <cl2slars@cling.gu.se>
Subject: Re: Future of LISP in NatLang/AI
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Timothy Bosley wrote:
...
> I would like opinions from NL/AI researchers or anyone who
> uses lisp on a regular basis....is there a future for lisp?
> Does it meet your needs for cutting edge work? Does it need
> to be extended? Is there a more suitable language out there
> or on the horizon?
> 
> Any thoughts at all appreciated.

I study computational lingustics at Goteborg University in Sweden. 
I have not studied any Lisp (nor have I had the chance to do so),
as it seems to be considered otdated.
Instead, I have used Prolog. Logic programming is a very natural
choice in NL/AI, since  formal logic is the most widely-used
approach to NL/AI.

However, seeing how many researchers still rely on LISP, I might
have to learn it anyway.

Are there any technical advantages with Lisp, compared to Prolog?

-- 
Staffan Larsson
