[alicebot-archcomm] [proposal] <get pattern=

[Noel Bush]

> To me, the advantage of explicit variable setting/testing via 
> <set> and
> <get> is that AIML authors can be *sure* about what their bot is going
> to say in certain situations. Yes it amounts to 
> mini-programming, but it
> seems to me that your idea of what AIML-thinking is is 
> something that is
> of more use to AI academics and tinkerers than it is to the 
> businesses,
> governments, and entertainment producers who I think are 
> going to be our
> primary audience. 

Mm, right.  I don't mean to suggest that the current use of <get> and
<set> should go away, just thinking of something that might be
considered a "power user" feature.  The questions about unpredictability
that you raised do need to be answered, though.