Common Lisp as an AI language
Programming AI using standard programming languages, e.g., C/C++ or Java is not a good idea. It’s too general purpose language. I’m considering to select between (Common) Lisp and Prolog which are particularly designed for AI. Finally, I choose Lips as my main AI programming language. I have no reason why Lisp but I know that I like it concept and syntax. Lisp stand for List Processor. There are many Lisp implementation nowadays. I select CLISP because it’s free and open-source under GPL and it work on both *nix and Windows. I installed CLIPS on Windows through Cygwin. I run its setup file then browse Devel. Finally, we will found clips and install it. We can call clips shell with command clisp in cygwin command prompt. Now everything is set up. Next, learn Common Lisp language. I recommend a online free book:
Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation by David S. Touretzky