Learning Prolog is a lot of fun! It will not take more than an a day or two - it’s simpler than python.
Download SWI prolog, and get an editor that allows interactive programming with it. Emacs is of course the best for any obscure hacker language, but there may be plug-ins for other editors.
Predicates are like functions but instead of returning you simply leave some parameter as a variable, and the “return value” is prolog finding what the value of that parameter can be.
Making web apps with the built in libraries and library(persistence) is a lot of fun - you can make a real webapp with a relational database with zero dependencies but prolog. Programs are small. Highly recommend for anyone who loves programming.
Only thing I wish for is no effects but instead it being pure like Elm, and a type system rather than runtime type errors.
Download SWI prolog, and get an editor that allows interactive programming with it. Emacs is of course the best for any obscure hacker language, but there may be plug-ins for other editors.
Predicates are like functions but instead of returning you simply leave some parameter as a variable, and the “return value” is prolog finding what the value of that parameter can be.
Making web apps with the built in libraries and library(persistence) is a lot of fun - you can make a real webapp with a relational database with zero dependencies but prolog. Programs are small. Highly recommend for anyone who loves programming.
Only thing I wish for is no effects but instead it being pure like Elm, and a type system rather than runtime type errors.