Re: Exposing Perl programmers to logic programming

2005-03-12 Thread Adrian Howard
On 8 Mar 2005, at 19:18, Ovid wrote: [snip] 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? [snip] I've used this little example to impress people (shamelessly stol

Re: Exposing Perl programmers to logic programming

2005-03-12 Thread Adrian Howard
On 8 Mar 2005, at 20:46, Ovid wrote: --- Mark Kvale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] 1) Prolog was hot in the 80's but is hardly ever used these days. If it hasn't stood the test of time, why should I care? Prolog has traditionally been viewed as rather slow and, due to the nature of its design, d