I''m a student of computer science in germany currently doing my 1st semester (very hard i think these MOSFET and BJT things suck). And i wanted to know who of you has to bother with Prolog or SWI Prolog in his or her Logic course. (i hoped i got the right translation for what i want to know) You don''''t know the Power of the dark side

Yeah, I''ll be using prolog on my course this year. I kinda got the feeling it was an unnofficial standard or something.

Nothing''s wrong with Prolog. Of course, I''m a college dropout, but that doesn''t mean I don''t a thing or million more than you. Embrace Prolog, have fun, and learn about resolution refutation, predicate calculus, SLD resolution, WAM (the Warren Abstract Machine), and why Prolog is not a ''complete'' logic system.

oh man it''s easy to say learn and love prolog but i think it''s completely different to "normal" programming languages like C, Pascal etc...
But if you practise and bother it, it makes kinda fun

You don''''t know the Power of the dark side

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oh man it''s easy to say learn and love prolog but i think it''s completely different to "normal" programming languages like C, Pascal etc...

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Of course it''s different. Like I said, it will teach you a different paradigm along with some fundamental AI concepts such as resolution refutation. Nobody ever said it was a substitute for programming an app that you would normally program in C.

It''s not the syntax of Prolog that is important. It''s the underlying foundation of its engine and the notion of declaritve programming that will open your eyes.

i too am a comp sci student, and have realized that prolog and scheme are standard languages to learn, well not standard in the true sense, but, i get the feeling you know what i am talking about. however, in game programming, kan someone give me a useful adaptation of why/how it is useful. if so, then i think learning it will be alot easier, as things that are more interesting seem easier to learn. my prof, although intelligent - she helped me with my script language, is not making it fun. any ideas guys ?

thanks much

Code makes the man

Yeah, I used prolog a lot while at Univeristy. It was battered into my skull!

There are some things in prolog that are nice: High-level approach, simple syntax...

Some things are fun, but difficult: Symbolic representation, hacks for handling numbers, getting used to the concept...

And the rest is just plain wrong: depth first search, red cuts, and pure first order predicates.


Haskel has a lot of the advantages of prolog, more in some cases, and less in others. I''d like to see a compromise of the two personally.

Artificial Intelligence Depot - Maybe it''s not all about graphics...

A very fun and easy to follow Prolog tutorial:
http://www.amzi.com/AdventureInProlog/index.htm