Rust rule matching engine (Rete algorithm) (2020)

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The referenced 1995 thesis by Doorenbos looks very interesting; I wasn't aware of it; the original work on Rete is by Forgy, mostly from the seventies.

I wonder what the author of the referenced project is doing with the algorithm; after all, rule-based expert systems seem to have fallen out of time.

He seems to have used the project as a conceptual experiment. In the "engine" folder's README, he mentions it's a work in progress but believes it might be useful someday.

I stumbled upon it while searching for a JavaScript state machine where one can define event pipelines triggered by rules or conditions applied to the state. I'd love to build web UIs using this approach in a performant manner.

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