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I had to do a little bit of Prolog back in University, decades ago, and it broke my head. I managed to actually solve all the programming tasks we were given (

by hooby 3y ago

I had to do a little bit of Prolog back in University, decades ago, and it broke my head. I managed to actually solve all the programming tasks we were given (and as I was the only one to do so among my peers, many copied my solutions) - but if anyone then asked me to explain how I did it, I was at a loss. I basically stared at the screen until some sort of intuition hit, and if that didn't work, repeat the process until it does... I guess the paradigm never really "kicked in" for me ;)

xlii 3y ago
Can I suggest adding it to a "when I'm REALLY bored" list? ;-) It took me years for Prolog to kick in and it did when I was trying to... optimize my taxes in a very complex context (e.g. where I live there's a VAT difference on ketchup depending if it's sold on the fresh hot-dog or wrapped one). But since then I try to advocate and use it as often as I can. Mostly because paradigm is super fun to work with and refreshing after all day of working on "normal" languages.
bux93 3y ago
I had the same experience at university. Then, say 5 years later, it "kicked in" and I kept wondering "why isn't this implemented in prolog?" at many, many points.