private static CycList getParams(CycAccess cyc, String params) throws UnknownHostException, IOException {
        if (paramCache.containsKey(params)) {
            return paramCache.get(params);
        } else {
            CycList paramList = cyc.converseList("'(" + params + ")");
            paramCache.put(params, paramList);
            return paramList;
        }
    }