Prolog
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Prolog
Summary
Prolog is a programming language[1]. Prolog ranks in the top 1% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (578 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Prolog was influenced by Planner[3].
- Prolog's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
- Prolog's instance of is recorded as declarative programming language[5].
- Prolog's instance of is recorded as deductive language[6].
- Prolog's instance of is recorded as logic programming language[7].
- Prolog is a type of declarative programming language[8].
- Prolog's designed by is recorded as Alain Colmerauer[9].
- Prolog's designed by is recorded as Robert Kowalski[10].
- Prolog's designed by is recorded as Philippe Roussel[11].
- 1972 marks the founding of Prolog[12].
- Prolog's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Prolog programming language family[13].
- Prolog's file extension is recorded as pl[14].
- Prolog's file extension is recorded as pro[15].
- Prolog's file extension is recorded as P[16].
- Prolog's described by source is recorded as High-performance logic programming with the Aquarius Prolog compiler[17].
- Prolog's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/prolog[18].
- Prolog's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#Prolog[19].
- Prolog's different from is recorded as prologue[20].
- Prolog's programming paradigm is recorded as logic programming[21].
- Prolog's programming paradigm is recorded as declarative programming[22].
- Prolog's derivative work is recorded as Strawberry Prolog[23].
- Prolog's derivative work is recorded as Datalog[24].
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Designation and Status
Recorded instance of include programming language[4], declarative programming language[5], deductive language[6], and logic programming language[7].
History and Context
1972 marks the founding of Prolog[12].
Why It Matters
Prolog ranks in the top 1% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (578 views/month).[2] Prolog has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Prolog is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]
Prolog has been cited as an influence by Wolfram Language[27], a programming language[28], founded in 1988[29]; Go![30], a multi-paradigm programming language[31], founded in 2003[32]; Mercury[33], a programming language[34], founded in 1995[35]; Curry[36], a functional programming language[37], founded in 1995[38]; Oz[39], a programming language[40], founded in 1991[41]; and Constraint Handling Rules[42], a constraint programming language[43], founded in 1991[44].
FAQs
Who did Prolog influence?
Prolog has been cited as an influence by Wolfram Language[27], Go![30], Mercury[33], and Curry[36].