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Article #4295Re: PROLOG in the "real" world?
From: Andrew Jones
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1991 14:01
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1991 14:01
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In article <1991Sep26.031311.836@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> jlenarci@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr j.f. lenarcic) writes: > >I'm teaching a course im Logic Programming/Prolog with an emphasis on >applications. However, my students are constantly skeptical about the >suitability of PROLOG for standard commercial applications. > >Jessica Keyes ... had this to say: > >" Relatively few production-based PROLOG sites exist ... Some follow-up postings I have seen seem to assume that you mean mundane applications such as payroll. I understood you to mean, 'is Prolog being used for things to which it is claimed Prolog is well- suited?'. Which did you mean? Andrew.
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