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The beauty of logic programming is that you can basically apply your problem solving skills very directly.

However some parts of say Prolog are a little unusual. The typical way of writing OR as multiple clauses directly violates DRY and I usually use the alternative IF-THEN-ELSE notation (->). I also use logical loops (basically foreach)...at the end of the day it's kind of a paradigm mix (arithmetic and write sideffects, too).

Grammars and constraints are pretty fun though. It's a very good tool to have in your toolbox. Prolog is certainly the language that expanded my mind the most after having worked with JAVA/Python before.




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