[om-list] Re: Method vs. Model, etc.

[Luke Call]

Good stuff Mark. (I'm trying to catch up on the email etc.)

I know I want to first try putting in OM the stuff I now have in various 
text files, collapsible outlines, and any information from my filing 
cabinet that I'd want saved in case of a fire, but that's just me. Then 
evaluate bulk add methods etc.

Mark Butler wrote:

> Tom and other Packers wrote:
>>     For me, there are two main objectives to writing good AI: (1) the model,
>> (2) the method, i.e. the (1) statics and (2) dynamics of the language, i.e.
>> (1) the data structure, and (2) the algorithm operating on that data; and
>> it's almost arbitrary which one you start your work on, since they are both
>> so interdependent.  I think Lee wants to see more of the algorithm part.
> While there can be many methods, there can only be One Model in any sort of
> unified system because every method has to operate on a form of data that
> corresponds to a common model to avoid the NxN format conversion problem. 
>  
> ....