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From: d91fe@krokis.pt.hk-r.se (Fredrik Ekman)
Subject: Re: Prolog for writing IF?
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In article <CMxqDG.C62@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> mlvanbie@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Michael Van Biesbrouck) writes:

   The only problem with setting up a Prolog adventure is undo.

Well, I still claim that efficiency is a problem. Admitted; my only
experiences with prolog is through MacProlog 3.5 and some ancient
version of Turbo Prolog, but unless there are Prolog implementations
that are extremely more efficient than those, then the mighty
rescue-the-princess-by-hacking-your-way-through-five-hundred-castles
adventure is quite impossible. Actually, even a more realistic
approach, or even a large demo, would make at least MacProlog choke.
And even if it could handle it, it would still be painfully slow,
no matter how many smart cuts and optimization routines you write.

Please prove me wrong. I'd love to be able to write adventures in
Prolog. I just don't think it's practically possible.

  /F
