darwish@mist.cs.orst.edu (Nasir Darwish) (10/01/87)
I am interested to know some information about Prolog compilers on the PC. Any of you know about an affordable good quality Prolog compiler ?. Also if anyone uses Cogent Prolog compiler, please let me know how good it is. Thank you. Darwish 10 / 1 / 87
bondc@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (10/06/87)
I would not recommend TurboProlog (Borland). I generally like Borland's software, but Turbo is not Prolog. It is irritatingly Pascal-esque, in that all prediciates, and their valences (which must remain constant throughout the program) must be declared, all variable types ditto, et cetera. It's fine if you've never worked with standard, Edinburgh Prolog, but a real drag if you have. Try MicroProlog; I've never played with it, but Pereira (@Stanford) likes it, so that's some recommendation. Further suggestions, if they arise, will be posted. By the way, just exactly what are the differences between Edinburgh (which I learned) and Quintus? Mange tak.