Prolog
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Prolog
Summary
Prolog is a programming language[1]. Prolog ranks in the top 1% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,656 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Prolog was influenced by Planner[3].
- Prolog's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
- Prolog's instance of is recorded as declarative programming language[5].
- Prolog's instance of is recorded as deductive language[6].
- Prolog's instance of is recorded as logic programming language[7].
- Prolog's designed by is recorded as Alain Colmerauer[8].
- Prolog's designed by is recorded as Robert Kowalski[9].
- Prolog's designed by is recorded as Philippe Roussel[10].
- 1972 marks the founding of Prolog[11].
- Prolog's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Prolog programming language family[12].
- Prolog's file extension is recorded as pl[13].
- Prolog's file extension is recorded as pro[14].
- Prolog's file extension is recorded as P[15].
- Prolog's described by source is recorded as High-performance logic programming with the Aquarius Prolog compiler[16].
- Prolog's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/prolog[17].
- Prolog's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#Prolog[18].
- Prolog's different from is recorded as prologue[19].
- Prolog's programming paradigm is recorded as logic programming[20].
- Prolog's programming paradigm is recorded as declarative programming[21].
- Prolog's derivative work is recorded as Strawberry Prolog[22].
- Prolog's derivative work is recorded as Datalog[23].
Body
Designation and Status
Recorded instance of include programming language[4], declarative programming language[5], deductive language[6], and logic programming language[7].
History and Context
1972 marks the founding of Prolog[11].
Why It Matters
Prolog ranks in the top 1% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,656 views/month).[2] Prolog has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Prolog is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]
Prolog has been cited as an influence by Wolfram Language[26], a programming language[27], founded in 1988[28]; Mercury[29], a programming language[30], founded in 1995[31]; Go![32], a multi-paradigm programming language[33], founded in 2003[34]; Curry[35], a functional programming language[36], founded in 1995[37]; Oz[38], a programming language[39], founded in 1991[40]; and Constraint Handling Rules[41], a constraint programming language[42], founded in 1991[43].
FAQs
Who did Prolog influence?
Prolog has been cited as an influence by Wolfram Language[26], Mercury[29], Go![32], and Curry[35].