Prolog

Summary

Prolog is a programming language^[1]. Prolog ranks in the top 1% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,588 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's designed by is recorded as Alain Colmerauer^[8].
• Prolog's designed by is recorded as Robert Kowalski^[9].
• Prolog's designed by is recorded as Philippe Roussel^[10].
• 1972 marks the founding of Prolog^[11].
• Prolog's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Prolog programming language family^[12].
• Prolog's file extension is recorded as pl^[13].
• Prolog's file extension is recorded as pro^[14].
• Prolog's file extension is recorded as P^[15].
• Prolog's described by source is recorded as High-performance logic programming with the Aquarius Prolog compiler^[16].
• Prolog's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/prolog^[17].
• Prolog's different from is recorded as prologue^[18].
• Prolog's programming paradigm is recorded as logic programming^[19].
• Prolog's programming paradigm is recorded as declarative programming^[20].
• Prolog's derivative work is recorded as Strawberry Prolog^[21].
• Prolog's derivative work is recorded as Datalog^[22].

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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^[11].

Why It Matters

Prolog ranks in the top 1% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,588 views/month).^[2] Prolog has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] Prolog is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]

Prolog has been cited as an influence by Wolfram Language^[25], a programming language^[26], founded in 1988^[27]; Mercury^[28], a programming language^[29], founded in 1995^[30]; Go!^[31], a multi-paradigm programming language^[32], founded in 2003^[33]; Oz^[34], a programming language^[35], founded in 1991^[36]; Curry^[37], a functional programming language^[38], founded in 1995^[39]; and Constraint Handling Rules^[40], a constraint programming language^[41], founded in 1991^[42].

FAQs

Who did Prolog influence?

Prolog has been cited as an influence by Wolfram Language^[25], Mercury^[28], Go!^[31], and Oz^[34].