Utility Libraries Lambda MOO has a number of objects that define useful verbs for manipulations of various sorts. These are not part of the language, but part of the core or database. Choosing from this menu will take you to a particular classification of utilities. a) Building utilities b) Code utilities c) Command utilities d) List utilities e) Object utilities f) String utilities g) Set utilities h) Time utilities or x) Return to the foyer Choose the menu item that you wish to investigate next. You see Robby here. Curt Hill is here. -> look Robby You see a Turing Robot designed to interact in vigorous 'Eliza-like' conversation with other folks in its vicinity. It has key words, sentence patterns, random responses, and question responses - all user programmable. It has some ability to recognize where it is and to whom it is talking. Type @exam botname to see all the available commands. For detailed assistance in programming this bot type 'help botname'. For a discussion of the issues involved in testing machine intelligence see Turing's paper 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence'. To start up the bot, drop it, activate it, and say 'hi'. Please report bugs to ken/cdr@CollegeTown. -> "hi You say, "hi" Robby says, "Hi, how are you?" -> "I'm fine You say, "I'm fine" Robby says, "You are fine? How come?" -> "because there is love in my heart You say, "because there is love in my heart" Robby says, "What about your heart?" -> "it bursts with love You say, "it bursts with love" Robby says, "hmm, is that so.." -> "yes, i love you You say, "yes, i love you" Robby [to spliff6]: I really love you too.. <grin> -> "can you help me with my homework You say, "can you help me with my homework" Robby [to spliff6]: Please tell me more about your homework... -> "i have to create a LambdaMOO tutor You say, "i have to create a LambdaMOO tutor" Robby says, "What exactly are we talking about?" -> "a LambdaMOO Tutor is a robot that explains the operation of a machine You say, "a LambdaMOO Tutor is a robot that explains the operation of a machine" Robby [to spliff6]: Tutor? how so? -> "the tutor explains the machine and the function it demonstrates You say, "the tutor explains the machine and the function it demonstrates" Robby says, "hmm, is that so.." -> "yes, i have to program the tutor to answer questions about the function You say, "yes, i have to program the tutor to answer questions about the function" Robby says, "Yes? Hmm, that's interesting..." -> "will you help me? You say, "will you help me?" Robby [to spliff6]: I'll try to help you.. but as a bot I really don't know a lot...