The usual idea is (1) to encourage stronger separation between the actual business logic and any boilerplate that surrounds it and (2) to write business logic i

The usual idea is (1) to encourage stronger separation between the actual business logic and any boilerplate that surrounds it and (2) to write business logic in a way more accessible to non-developers. A rete-based rules engine is more than just a sequence of if-then statements, they allow for any rule to assert new facts that then cause other rules to trigger/retrigger. This also lets you gradually introduce new facts and have the results updated.