--- Richard Jelinek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 03:43:59AM -0800, Salvador Fandińo wrote:
> > Do you know about my modules Language::Prolog::Yaspi and
> > Language::XSB?, they are Perl interfaces to SWI-Prolog and XSB
> > respectively. If you are implementing AI::Prolog for fun,
> everything
> > is ok, but if you plan to use Prolog from Perl seriously I thing
> that
> > my modules are a better option.
>
> I'm sure Ovid is oriented on CPAN. ;-) As for "the better
> option"(tm):
> It depends. Of course, SWI-Prolog is currently one of the best
> choices
> for doing Prolog, and a seamless (sic!) integration between this
> and Perl
> (back and forth) - if it existed - is a very good option.
>
> However, it certainly does increase complexity of deployment and
> maintenance a "final" application.
>
> > You would like to take a look at Prolog::Language::Types also, a
> set
> > of classes that encapsulate Prolog terms on Perl, maybe its data
> > structures are focussed on being efficient representation and not
> on
> > being directly manipulated as prolog terms but it can be
> configured
> > to use different internal representations.
> >
> > And Prolog::Language::Sugar, implements some syntatic sugar to
> create
> > prolog terms from Perl with a Prolog look.
>
> Why am I babbling here? We currently do evaluate the available
> alternatives to enhance the inductive, deductive and abductive
> capabilities of our semantic inference engine. Unfortunately none
> of
> the alternatives available is yet suited for commercial-grade
> (sorry)
> deployment.
>
> So in a Nutshell: I still do not see "the better option" and the
> race
> is IMHO open.
>
> --
> best regards,
>
> Dipl.-Inf. Richard Jelinek
>
> - The PetaMem Group - Prague/Nuremberg - www.petamem.com -
> -= 3394928 Mind Units =-
>
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