Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!mcovingt From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) Newsgroups: comp.lang.prolog Subject: Re: "Embedded Prolog" in C code Message-ID: <1991May31.145950.6271@athena.cs.uga.edu> Date: 31 May 91 14:59:50 GMT References: <644@fudd.dataco.UUCP> <653@fudd.dataco.UUCP> Organization: University of Georgia, Athens Lines: 29 In article <653@fudd.dataco.UUCP> campbell@calvin.UUCP (Duncan Campbell, VOR) writes: > >Well, Ted, out here in the real world _REAL_ Prolog isn't much use to >anyone. Indeed, if I were required to use a "pure" language, I simply >would not bother with prolog at all: Scheme _IS_ a far superior language. And assembler is "better" than C. Scheme is a fine language, but it's a lower-level language than Prolog. >By the way, is there some sort of "Academie Francais" of CS lingo out >there? ISO and ANSI working groups who are developing a Prolog standard. >The fact remains that PDCProlog provides much of the >functionality of "pure" Prolog and possesess the features like >timers, static typing and execution speed (*10 faster than "pure" >prolog) needed for real-time applications. Which "pure" Prolog are you comparing it to? Interpreted or compiled? ALS Prolog is awfully fast! -- ------------------------------------------------------- Michael A. Covington | Artificial Intelligence Programs The University of Georgia | Athens, GA 30602 U.S.A. -------------------------------------------------------