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From: byu@csri.toronto.edu (Benjamin Yu)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.prolog
Subject: Turbo Prolog (was Re: logic programs -> procedural lang?)
Keywords: Prolog, typing, compiler efficiency
Message-ID: <1989Sep29.144838.16225@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Date: 29 Sep 89 18:48:38 GMT
References: <27335@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <869@gamera.cs.utexas.edu> <10822@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <2181@munnari.oz.au>
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In article <2181@munnari.oz.au> ok@cs.mu.oz.au (Richard O'Keefe) writes:
# In article <10822@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, axaris@cs.buffalo.edu (Vassilios Axaris) writes:
# > I have been surprized when I first got my Turbo Prolog compiler, in that I was
# > required to specify the type of objects being used.
# 
# In short, you were surprised to discover that what you got was NOT a
# Prolog compiler, but a compiler for another (closely related, but still
# OTHER) language.

Can someone enlighten or remind me of what so terrible a thing which Borland
has done in Turbo Prolog??  I am sure this has been discussed sometime ago,
but I like to know some of the issues before I decide on the Prolog system
to use for a course.


Benjamin Yu
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