Small-X: an environment for constructing expert systems on a microcomputer

Abstract

This paper describes a programming environment designed as a means for implementing prototype expert systems on microcomputers. The system is being implemented with attention to keeping the language simple while at the same time providing a set of programming constructs rich enough for most expert system applications. The Small-X programming environment consists of a language interpreter and an editor that does syntax checking of programs as they are being entered. The Small-X system is being implemented in the C language.