An entity claiming to be Ovid ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : : My question in a nutshell: given 45 minutes to show a roomful of : programmers with no prior experience in logic programming just how : powerful it can be, what approach would you take? Do you have any : particular sample applications that would be worthwhile? Everything : that I've come up with seems too small to really be more than a toy or : too large to show in 45 minutes. :
I guess the first question is what sort of applications does the audience find useful? If there are large examples that you think would raise interest but are too big, just simplify the task or concentrate on some representative section. For instance, the example of a compiler written in Prolog impressed me but it would take too much time to cover. Simply constructing Prolog code to convert RPN expressions to Perl code might work. And, I'd make sure that the example allows you demonstrate cuts ... they're a bit alien to procedural programmers. Mark -- [] | [] Mark Rogaski | Nothing spells caveat emptor like a mannequin [] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | with a severed head. [] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Brooke McEldowney, _9 Chickweed Lane_ [] |
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