!747
!multi-line strings

m {
  static L<S> rules = litlist(
    [[ on "hello", say "hello you too" ]]
  );
  
  p {
    readLocally("rules");
    answerQuestionsOnPortAndConsole(stringfunc {
      fallback(s, answer(s))
    });
  }
  
  static class Matches {
    S[] m;
  }
  
  static S fallback(S s, S answer) {
    if (answer != null) return answer;
    return "?";
  }
  
  static synchronized S answer(S s) {
    if (match("on * say *", s)) {
      rules.add(0, s); // add rule on top to override others
      saveLocally("rules");
      return "ok";
    }
      
    new Matches matches;
    for (S rule : rules) {
      if (match("on * say *", rule, matches)) {
        S in = matches.m[0], out = matches.m[1];
        if (match(unquote(in), s))
          return unquote(out);
      }
    }
    return null;
  }
  
  static boolean match(S pat, S s) {
    return match(pat, s, null);
  }
  
  static boolean match(S pat, S s, Matches matches) {
    L<S> tokpat = parse(pat), toks = parse(s);
    S[] m = match2(tokpat, toks);
    //print(structure(tokpat) + " on " + structure(toks) + " => " + structure(m));
    if (m == null)
      return false;
    else {
      if (matches != null) matches.m = m;
      return true;
    }
  }
  
  static L<S> parse(S s) {
    return dropPunctuation(javaTokPlusPeriod(s));
  }
}

Began life as a copy of #1001097