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Article #4244Re: Programs as data
From: Richard A. O'Keefe
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1991 10:50
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1991 10:50
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In article <1991Jun28.133708.3776@watserv1.waterloo.edu>, mhcoffin@tolstoy.waterloo.edu (Michael Coffin) writes: > It's true that Prolog handles programs-as-data nicely, but I don't > think it's true that Prolog has a conventional syntax. Prolog syntax is (extensible) operator-precedence. That's about as conventional as you can get. > Other than > using infix notation, it looks nothing like any of the popular > languages. That's not surprising; Prolog almost entirely lacks > explicit control structures, which are everywhere in conventional > languages. Prolog has sequence and if->then;else. What's missing? Assignment and `obvious' while-loops, which go together. -- I agree with Jim Giles about many of the deficiencies of present UNIX.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!goanna!ok From: ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Programs as data Keywords: lisp, prolog Message-ID: <6571@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> Date: 30 Jun 91 10:50:35 GMT References: <4671@optima.cs.arizona.edu> <1991Jun28.133708.3776@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 18