From: pv AT cs DOT montana DOT edu (Paul Peavyhouse)
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Subject: Re: Loading code at runtime
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 01:09:01 GMT
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In article <5hufkb$pav AT news DOT asu DOT edu>, zilym AT imap1 DOT asu DOT edu wrote:
>        Is there a way to load a file from disk at runtime that would 
>contain compiled code and then execute routines from within it? 

        That's called a DLL.  Implementation would depend on what you were 
trying to do.
        Another option may be to have an object/class to store "self" to disk. 
 An idea that I am contemplating how to implement works on this theory.  It's 
an AI engine that is _my_ (I use that phrase loosely) idea of how "common 
sense" should be represented in an artificially "sentient" computer.  The 
program loads its base class "Thing" and everything is derived from that 
"Thing" as either a tangible Thing or an intangible Thing.  The idea is to 
create a Knowledge Base similar to the CYC project.
        Back from my tangent, the point is that everything in the code is 
object oriented (I'm actually writing it in Java) and saves itself to disk as 
each entry is "learned".  When the program exits it stores a hard copy of its 
brain to disk, and thus when started back up it will remember everything it 
has learned by loading its brain from disk.
        Ah, I'm rambling, I'll shutup now.  If anyone is interested though 
please email me; I could use the help.

                                                        PV


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 Paul Peavyhouse                          
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