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From: tblanch@lookout (Todd Blanchard)
Subject: Re: Rules Engines?
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Stuart Myles (smyles@ibx.com) wrote:
: I'm looking for pointers to rules engines which can be combined with C++
: programs.  In particular, I'd like to model business rules in if-then-else
: format and link them to my C++ programs.

: Does anybody have any experience with such tools?  Does anybody have the
: name of any such tools?  I have come across Smart Elements from Neuron Data.
: I also believe that there is a Rules/C++ tool from Iconix...?

: Any help would be appreciated and will be summarized back to the newsgroup.

Check out Rete++ from The Haley Enterprise (800) 233-2622.  Its a set of
C++ classes that maintain themselves as facts in a CLIPS-like (only
better) knowledgebase.  The C++ integrations is among the best I have
ever seen.  The rule language supports both forward and backward
chaining.

Tell 'em I sent 'ya.
Todd Blanchard
