[alicebot-archcomm] Attribute var

[Christopher Fahey [askROM]]

John Foderaro wrote:
> In Lisp <set> is the function set and <set-var> is called setq.
> setq says: quote the first argument (quoting prevents evaluation)
> 
> cl-user(10): (setq a 3)
> 3
> cl-user(11): a
> 3


Oh my god! Yikes!

However LISP works ought to have nothing at all to do with how we
structure AIML syntax. To even discuss LISP here frightens me about the
likelihood of AIML ever being anything but a fun toy for computer
science geeks.

AIML must be useful for people whose only knowledge of computer
programming is HTML and maybe a BASIC class in high school.

-Cf

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