(Abstract) When implemented in Snobol4, Eliza is dramatically shorter and simpler than the original Fortran program. The brevity of the rewritten Eliza greatly enhances its value in a course on artificial intelligence. The complete program, and a portion of a script are included as Appendices.
Of course, I thought “Hrm, I wonder if there’s a SNOBOL that I can run on Linux.”
Of course, there is.
And of course, the “Doctor” script is a classic. Now, to benchmark against
M-x doctorin GNU Emacs…No matter where we go, we can’t escape 1970s tech. :)