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From: warren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Warren Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.prolog
Subject: Re: FREE PROLOG...
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Date: 4 May 90 19:44:07 GMT
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In article <24266@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> lyda@acsu.Buffalo.EDU (louis k lyda) writes:
>
>one annoying feature of this system is that it doesn't have "consult(user)."
>like the quintus system i'm used to.... is this a non-standard feature of
>quintus prolog or is the public domain prolog just skimping?
>

pdprolog is just skimping, but for good reason. the guy who wrote it is
trying to get you to buy the progressively more powerful and more expensive
versions he sells. The "upgraded" versions support virtual memory and lots
of other neat things (but they still *are* reasonably priced). I don't know
if the version you're ftp'ing has the marketing hype included, but the one
I got from the local BBS has all the info.

Warren


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Warren Harrison                                          warren@cs.pdx.edu
Department of Computer Science                                503/725-3108
Portland State University