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"Production Prolog" by Michael Hendricks
Michael Hendricks of PriceCharting shares tricks and pain points from running Prolog in production for 18 months at Strange Loop. It argues Prolog is a productive modern language beyond logic puzzles, and includes a demo of changing code mid-execution.
Why HN readers recommended it
It is the go-to answer to whether Prolog is used for real-world work, praised as a survey of its uses, advantages and drawbacks.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Strange Loop Conference
- Topic
- prolog in production
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 10
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2023
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You might be interested in these SO answers regarding "Real world Prolog Usage": [LINK] The answers are replete with claims about good use-cases for Prolog. Michael Hendricks' talk at last year's Strange Loop on "Production Prolog" gives an excellent high-level survey of the uses, advantages, …
abathologist on Hacker News · 2015-03
In Learn Prolog NowFor an awesome video showcasing a bit of the real power of Prolog, you need to check (if you haven't already) this Strangeloop talk: "Production Prolog" by Michael Hendricks [VIDEO]
samuell on Hacker News · 2019-10
In Swish: SWI Prolog NotebookNot only is it worthwhile to learn, it's worthwhile to use for real world problems: [VIDEO] From his blog: [LINK]
MonkeyIsNull on Hacker News · 2015-01
In Prolog Programming Language (1997)
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