Prolog is not a general purpose language, it's more like a database query language. Many common tasks would be painful in Prolog (it's really awkward for proced

Prolog is not a general purpose language, it's more like a database query language. Many common tasks would be painful in Prolog (it's really awkward for procedural code), but for rule-based systems, parsing, constraint satisfaction problems, prototyping interpreters, etc., it's an outstanding tool.