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Constraint programming is a fascinating area that I loved at university. There have been a few times where I've thought it would be a useful way to solve a prob
by cmdkeen 9y ago
Constraint programming is a fascinating area that I loved at university. There have been a few times where I've thought it would be a useful way to solve a problem since, but brute force always won through. Is anyone out there using it in anger? If so, in what sort of spaces / companies?
- jsjolen 9y agoConstraint programming is used. One (very cool) instance of constraint programming occurs at Ericsson through the Unison project http://unison-code.github.io/ http://unison-code.github.io/ .
- Someone 9y agoAutolayout in iOS and Mac OS (https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AutolayoutPG/index.html https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Us...) uses the Cassowary constraint solver (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassowary_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassowary_(software) ) to layout GUI elements.