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Prolog isn't all that weird and a pretty good language for adventure ages, see: http://www.csc.villanova.edu/~dmatusze/resources/prolog/sleepy.html http://www.c

Prolog isn't all that weird and a pretty good language for adventure ages, see: http://www.csc.villanova.edu/~dmatusze/resources/prolog/sleepy.html http://www.csc.villanova.edu/~dmatusze/resources/prolog/slee... http://www.csc.villanova.edu/~dmatusze/resources/prolog/spider.html http://www.csc.villanova.edu/~dmatusze/resources/prolog/spid...

ramses0 16y ago
Speaking of Prolog, I often run into situations where I would love to have some semi-dialect of prolog available at runtime (ie: use regexes for simple string problems, use prologexes for simple logic problems). Are you aware of any prolog-like languages that integrate well with other programming languages?
- chbarts 16y ago
  Implementing a toy Prolog is a common task in intermediate-level Lisp textbooks. Both "On Lisp" and "Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming" are good examples.
- silentbicycle 16y ago
  I don't know of any (outside of semi-toy Prologs in _On Lisp_ and PAIP), but writing a Prolog dialect designed for embedding (in a similar manner to Lua) is near the top of my list of future projects. Prolog can be really awkward for some things (most notably IO / side effects), but for certain problems, its approach is an excellent fit. Constraint programming (often bundled with Prolog) also deserve far more attention, IMHO.
  - copper 16y ago
    For CP, GECODE is C++, which makes it very easy to bundle /if/ you're writing in that language. SWI-Prolog can be used embedded - but I haven't any experience with the results.
    - silentbicycle 16y ago
      I'm reading Guido Tack's thesis now, actually, trying to get a better sense of how constraint systems are implemented. SWI is my usual Prolog runtime, but I haven't tried running it embedded. I really like Lua's design principle of, "The language doesn't handle this particular thing well, but since it's embedded, it doesn't need to - keep the language small". A mini-Prolog could focus on what it does best, have a simple C API, and leave the rest to the surrounding language.
- lylejohnson 16y ago
  TuProlog (http://alice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Tuprolog/ http://alice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Tuprolog/) is a lightweight Prolog engine, written in Java, that's really easy to embed in Java apps.

ramses0 16y ago

Speaking of Prolog, I often run into situations where I would love to have some semi-dialect of prolog available at runtime (ie: use regexes for simple string problems, use prologexes for simple logic problems). Are you aware of any prolog-like languages that integrate well with other programming languages?

chbarts 16y ago
Implementing a toy Prolog is a common task in intermediate-level Lisp textbooks. Both "On Lisp" and "Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming" are good examples.
silentbicycle 16y ago
I don't know of any (outside of semi-toy Prologs in _On Lisp_ and PAIP), but writing a Prolog dialect designed for embedding (in a similar manner to Lua) is near the top of my list of future projects. Prolog can be really awkward for some things (most notably IO / side effects), but for certain problems, its approach is an excellent fit. Constraint programming (often bundled with Prolog) also deserve far more attention, IMHO.
- copper 16y ago
  For CP, GECODE is C++, which makes it very easy to bundle /if/ you're writing in that language. SWI-Prolog can be used embedded - but I haven't any experience with the results.
  - silentbicycle 16y ago
    I'm reading Guido Tack's thesis now, actually, trying to get a better sense of how constraint systems are implemented. SWI is my usual Prolog runtime, but I haven't tried running it embedded. I really like Lua's design principle of, "The language doesn't handle this particular thing well, but since it's embedded, it doesn't need to - keep the language small". A mini-Prolog could focus on what it does best, have a simple C API, and leave the rest to the surrounding language.
lylejohnson 16y ago
TuProlog (http://alice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Tuprolog/ http://alice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Tuprolog/) is a lightweight Prolog engine, written in Java, that's really easy to embed in Java apps.