saal@sfsup.UUCP (02/24/87)
A friend of mine has neither email access nor new net access but
asked me to post the following request. Please email your
responses to me and I will pass them on to him. I will also
summarize to the net.
Sorry if this question hasbeen beaten to a pulp in this newsgroup
already.
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What is Turpo Prolog? Where can I get a copy? What machines
does it run on? How does it compare to other versions of Prolog?
If you have any other information, I would appreciate hearing
about it.
Thanks,
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Sam Saal ..!{most biggies}!attunix!saalgordon@warwick.UUCP (02/27/87)
Turbo Prolog has lots of very odd features. It does not
conform to Clocksin and Mellish standards. It is really
a turbo-chardged Pascal in some ways. Everything has to
be complied; there is no interpreter.
The big plus is the interface. Colour and good use of it.
Nice editor, with secondary edit window. Four windows (in all)
and a trace that steps thru everthing is very nice. You can
learn a lot from watching the trace go around.
Some discussion took place about 9 months ago on this product
I seem to remember.
Gordon Joly -- {seismo,ucbvax,decvax}!mcvax!ukc!warwick!gordonmob@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Mario O. Bourgoin) (03/05/87)
Since the previous poster mentionned the big plus to TurboProlog, I should mention the *big minuses*: types variables and NO PREDICATE VARIABLE TYPE. For me, that ruins the whole thing. On the other hand, useful programs can be developped in it. --Mario