Re: [development] Scratching an itch:Machine Learning

In order to get any sort of AI and / or learning system in, we need: * external libraries, PHP is Just Not Ready for this. (performance, memory, and library wise)

Hmm. If not PHP, then were is the logic? I'm most familiar with the Weka toolkit: http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/ Weka is a series of Java classes that implement different learning algorithms (and some helper classes to display, format, and test datasets). Would users be able to install these .jars? Or is this asking too much of Joe P. Blogger? (Weka is GPL if you're wondering.) -M