hester@quintus.UUCP (Don Hester) (03/07/89)
FROM: QUINTUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS ________________________ RE: TRAINING COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS Quintus announces the availability of three training courses: Quintus Introductory Prolog Workshop March 21-24 ------------------------------------ Instructor: Quintus Staff and Quintus Advanced Prolog Workshop April 3-7 -------------------------------- Instructor: Dr. Richard O'Keefe Location: Quintus Computer Systems, Inc. 1310 Villa Street Mountain View, California 94041 Contact: Don Hester Telephone: (415) 965-7700 Fax: (415) 965-0551 also Quintus Advanced Prolog Workshop April 26-28 -------------------------------- Instructor: Dr. Richard O'Keefe Location: Artificial Intelligence Limited Greycaine Road, Watford Hertfordshire, England WD2 4JP Contact: Martine Parry Telephone: (0923) 247707 Fax: (0923) 247836 Telex: 933883 The Introductory Workshop provides the foundation to begin writing programs using the Prolog development environment. Topics include: understanding variables, data structures, principles of unification, interfacing to other languages (such as C), arithmetic and the use of built-in predicates. Students should be familiar with general programming principles. The Advanced Workshop is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of Quintus Prolog. Students will learn to design and develop large, efficient Prolog programs. Topics include: use of Quintus I/O, database design, data structurers, using the Quintus Debugger and Cut, and interfacing to foreign languages. Prerequisites are familiarity with traditional languages, such as C, and the basics of Prolog.