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Date:Mon May 20 10:06:38 1999 
Subject:Re: Poplog sources 
From:Tim Chippington Derrick 
Volume-ID:990520.03 

>> >Poplog (including Pop-11) is shortly to become available free of
>> >charge. I don't know exactly when -- see
>> >    ftp://ftp.cs.bham.ac.uk/pub/dist/poplog/poplog.info.html
...
>> I had a quick look at this reference, which says
>>  "Poplog (V15.53) including sources ... details still have to be worked
out"
>>
>> Do you know if this will include all the sources?
>
>My understanding is that all the system sources of all versions of
>Poplog will be freely available (including the PC/windows version).

Three cheers. I haven't used Poplog for more than 10 years, but it was how I
learnt an awful lot about AI and KBS, OO, representation and related issues.
I never used to believe in it as a real vehicle for industrial strength
projects, but I know that there are a number out there so I guess that the
"team" have done the groundwork and got the bugs out and the performance up.
Poplog has a long track record, and as I remember it, it came with a huge
amount of tutorial and learning material. I also got to like Pop-11 as a
language, although I became a Lisp junkie later. If and when it becomes
available for free, I for one will *certainly* join the queue to get a copy
so that I can explore it again, this time with some younger colleagues and
my family too!

I have said it before, but I (and I guess quite a few others) owe a debt of
gratitude to the Poplog development community. Thanks again, all you good
people.

Tim