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From: alanw@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Alan Westwood")
Subject: Re: PROLOG FOR PC?
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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 09:04:15 GMT
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Serguei Penkov <spenkov@ozemail.com.au> writes:

> wsyeung@cs.cuhk.hk (Sam Yeung ) wrote:
>  >Hi,
>  >    Can anyone suggest a good software for writing Prolog in PC , not 
>  >shareware and freeware as it is used in Government !
>  >
>  >Sam Yeung
>  >csc 2/3
>  >
> Use PDC Turbo Prolog for DOS and Visual Prolog for Windows, NT, 95 and 
OS/2
> Serg.

If you use PDC prolog be aware that:

 1) It does not allow meta-programming.
 2) It requires arguments to be typed.
 
Because of these problems it cannot be regarded as a standard Prolog.
If you use it you will be *locked* in to the PDC way of things.

See the FAQ for other Prologs

Alan Westwood
alanw@cix.compulink.co.uk
LPA Ltd
