title: What is the best language in which to write an expert system?
body: <p>Is LISP or something like Jess the best choice?  I'm interested in writing a program that makes a suggestion based on users' answers.  Computational considerations are not really a factor this is pretty much a pattern matching engine.  Also I would like to make an app for this and put it up on the web.</p>
  
  <p>UPDATE: I would like to put this up on a blog or website and let people use it from there.  I guess my question then is there a particular inference engine that works with the .NET family, or PHP, or something to that effect?  What are some of the pros and cons of each options etc.</p>