Re: waving the flag

Hi Anne

This could be an eye catching slogan:

LAMP =#= LP

Yes, it's WIP, but SWI-Prolog has proudly attacked the field !

bye Carlo



2014-04-03 6:30 GMT+02:00 Anne Ogborn <[email protected]>:

> http://www.oscon.com/oscon2014/user/proposal/status/34273
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>
> I'm talking about swipl at OSCON in July
>
> SWI-Prolog for the Real World
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>
> Description
>
> Savvy functional programmers are discovering logic programming, and
> SWI-Prolog's vast niftiness. Come watch Annie run her debugger in reverse,
> directly execute syntax specifications, and let the computer figure out
> it's own darn execution strategy. Be amazed as Annie constrains variables
> and shrinks her APIs. Ooh and Aah at the many libraries, nifty web
> framework and clean environment.
>
> Abstract
> Most programmers encounter Prolog in a programming languages survey
> course, where the emphasis is on toy logic puzzles. Unfortunately, this
> introduction perpetuates a stereotype of Prolog as a special purpose
> inference engine rather than what it is, a powerful general purpose
> programming language well adapted to agile programming.
>
>  SWI-Prolog is a solid, reliable programming environment used in many
> mission critical high volume applications. This talk will concentrate first
> on concrete advantages of logic languages, and then on features of
> SWI-Prolog that would make it a great programming environment even if not
> for the logic programming advantage.
>
>  Annie will demonstrate many of SWI-Prolog's nifty features, including
> parsing as fundamental operation, constraint programming, and the metanifty
> web framework.
>
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