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"Production Prolog" by Michael Hendricks

Strange Loop Conference · talk · Watch on YouTube

Functional programmingProgramming language design

What it is

Michael Hendricks of PriceCharting shares tricks and pain points from running Prolog in production for 18 months at Strange Loop. It argues Prolog is a productive modern language beyond logic puzzles, and includes a demo of changing code mid-execution.

Why Hacker News recommends it

It is the go-to answer to whether Prolog is used for real-world work, praised as a survey of its uses, advantages and drawbacks.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “gives an excellent high-level survey of the uses, advantages, and drawbacks of Prolog”

    Excellent high-level survey of Prolog uses, advantages, and drawbacks.

    abathologist, 2015-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Learn Prolog Now”

  2. “For an awesome video showcasing a bit of the real power of Prolog, you need to check”

    Showcases the real power of Prolog.

    samuell, 2019-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Swish: SWI Prolog Notebook”

  3. “it's worthwhile to use for real world problems”

    Shows Prolog being used for real-world problems.

    MonkeyIsNull, 2015-01 · Recommendation · in “Prolog Programming Language (1997)”

  4. “that might give ideas about jobs that use (or could use) Prolog”

    Talk gives ideas about jobs that use or could use Prolog.

    profquail, 2015-03 · Recommendation · in “Learn Prolog Now”

  5. “I have found these videos helpful for understanding Prolog”

    Helpful video for understanding Prolog.

    StreamBright, 2017-04 · Recommendation · in “The Power of Prolog”

  6. “[2] is good motivation”

    Motivation for using Prolog, in a list of resources.

    simplify, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How to rediscover the joy of programming?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: prolog, logic programming, strange loop, swi-prolog, web development

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