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Prolog never had the SQL moment. SQL had IBM, Oracle, and relational databases to back it up and propel it into popularity. Prolog just never had that applica
by protomyth 9y ago
Prolog never had the SQL moment. SQL had IBM, Oracle, and relational databases to back it up and propel it into popularity. Prolog just never had that application. I also believe that the Japanese Fifth Generation Project's failure did a bit to harm the idea of a mainstream Prolog. I was very interested when Borland released Turbo Prolog, but it didn't quite last that long. It also, in its early days, suffered from a bit of Smalltalk vendor syndrome.
..and, sadly, it didn't look like C
// strangely Prolog is listed as a spelling error by Firefox...