wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli) (02/13/91)
Is anyone out there aware of a Prolog compiler for the Mac? (either PD or commerical will do) Regards, -- ______ Bill Taroli -- Syracuse University | The only thing necessary for the| \ / | triumph of evil is for good men | \ / Internet: wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu | to do nothing. -- Edmund Burke | \/ BITNET : wwtaroli@SUNRISE \---------------------------------/
glp@ibism.UUCP (Greg Parkinson) (02/14/91)
In article <1991Feb12.220827.17917@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli) writes: |> Is anyone out there aware of a Prolog compiler for the Mac? (either PD or |> commerical will do) |> |> Regards, Quintus has one, not sure of the cost. They are out in the bayarea, area code 415. I have an old number - 415 813 3827. Good Luck |> |> -- |> ______ Bill Taroli -- Syracuse University | The only thing necessary for the| |> \ / | triumph of evil is for good men | |> \ / Internet: wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu | to do nothing. -- Edmund Burke | |> \/ BITNET : wwtaroli@SUNRISE \---------------------------------/ -- Greg Parkinson (GregBear) Phone: 212-657-7814 Citibank Fax: 212-825-8607 111 Wall Street E-Mail: uunet!ibism!glp New York, NY 10043 The opinions expressed are my own and not those of the big 'ol bank.
perry@key.COM (Perry The Cynic) (02/14/91)
In article <1991Feb12.220827.17917@rodan.acs.syr.edu> wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli) writes: > Is anyone out there aware of a Prolog compiler for the Mac? (either PD or > commerical will do) I'll assume you mean "Prolog systems". I'm not quite sure what qualifies as a "compiler", since most systems use threaded interpreters, intermediate language compilers, or other funny tricks. Anyway, there are two Mac Prolog systems that I am aware of. (I'm sure there are others.) One is called "AAIS Prolog" (AAIS is the company, Advanced A.I. Systems). It was about $150 when I bought it (2 years ago). It's a good enough system, well integrated with the Macintosh. It has full toolbox support, plus the facilities to add toolbox traps and interface with code resources. There is an Edinburgh-compatible mode, and a native mode that supports efficient strings (not as character lists) and a few other extensions. The world can be saved as a binary and quickly reloaded. A stand-alone application facility is optional, I've never bothered buying it so I can't comment on it. AAIS Prolog is not exactly a speed daemon, but on a Mac II it's fast enough for me. On an SE it's a bit of a drag, but it's serviceable if you can give it lots of memory (>2MB). I think I can recommend this as a semi-professional Prolog system, i.e. it's quite good enough for personal experimentation and quite sizeable Prolog coding. I've never released a product from it. The other Prolog I know about, is called LPW Prolog. All I know is, two years ago I called them and received a Demo Disk. The program on that disk was to totally bad that I tossed the disk and forgot about them. What struck me particularly, was that they were an IBM/PC outfit branching into the Mac world, and their Mac integration was, well, just about nonexistent. At that time (early 1989), their pricing was $400 and upwards, in many little optional pieces. I'll have to stress that this was two years ago. For all I know, they may have gotten their act together since. It also seems that LPW is a British company, and I've heard people from Europe say nice things about them. It's possible that the problem is or was with their U.S. distributor. -- perry -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perry The Cynic (Peter Kiehtreiber) perry@arkon.key.com ** What good signature isn't taken yet? ** {amdahl,sgi,pacbell}!key!perry
marti@mint.inf.ethz.ch (Robert Marti) (02/14/91)
In article <2439@key.COM> perry@arkon.key.COM (Perry The Cynic) writes: >> Is anyone out there aware of a Prolog compiler for the Mac? >There are two Mac Prolog systems that I am aware of. Me too. >One is called "AAIS Prolog" (AAIS is the company, Advanced A.I. Systems). Yup. I have a 5 year old version (release 1.13) which ran quite acceptably on a 1MByte Mac+ at the time. Since I have SICStus Prolog on a Sun, I don't use it anymore, though. One thing which pissed me off was that AAIS (the company) never bothered to send upgrade information despite the fact that I registered my copy right away. >The other Prolog I know about, is called LPW Prolog. All I know is, two >years ago I called them and received a Demo Disk. The program on that disk >was to totally bad that I tossed the disk and forgot about them. >What struck me particularly, was that they were an IBM/PC outfit >branching into the Mac world, and their Mac integration was, well, >just about nonexistent. I guess you're talking about LPA MacProlog Professional or whatever the product is called exactly. Logic Programming Associates (LPA) are indeed a British company. I know a couple of people who use the system for their research work and are very happy with it. Highly efficient, good integration with the Mac, etc. I believe that nowadays, Quintus (of Mountain View, CA) is the US distributor. Try sending mail to adler%quintus.com@sun.com or to sales%quintus.com@sun.com for further info. -- Robert Marti | Phone: +41 1 254 72 60 Institut fur Informationssysteme | FAX: +41 1 262 39 73 ETH-Zentrum | E-Mail: marti@inf.ethz.ch CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland |
fdm@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Frank D. Malczewski) (02/15/91)
For a fairly good overview of three of four Mac Prologs, see the current issue of either AI Expert or PC AI magazine (I forget which); it contains a comparative review that should provide a reasonable idea of what's out there. --Frank Malczewski (fdm@wlv.imsd.contel.com)