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"When someone says 'I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done,' give him a lollipop."

Epigram 93, Alan Perlis

http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html



> a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done

I like Prolog because it is that language. Other languages you have to write a program telling the machine what to do every step of the way. (Except if the program uses neural nets.)


Lollipop on its way...




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