On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 13:21 +1000, Thomas Conway wrote: > On 9/2/07, Andrew Coppin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > One of standard exercices in Prolog is the construction of the > > > meta-interpreter of Prolog in Prolog. While this is cheating, I recommend > > > it to you. It opens eyes. > > > > Ever tried implementing Haskell in Haskell? ;-) > > In many respects, Haskell is a much higher-level language than Prolog. > Before you all gasp and go <plonk!>, consider the following argument. > > In Prolog, you need to pay close attention to the exact order in which > things are executed.
That's because Prolog is -ugly-. The only reason I recommend it is because it's archetypical and there aren't any other logic languages with anywhere near the mindshare/significance. For a thing of sheer beauty, see, e.g. LolliMon. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
