Programming Language
Prolog Appeared 1972
Logic programming language that has its roots in artificial intelligence, automated theorem proving, and computational linguistics, influenced by first-order logic for declarative programming.
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Descendants graph Descendants graph for Prolog: 15 languages it influenced, 18 influence links Prolog influenced Ciao Erlang influenced Clojure Prolog influenced Clojure Wolfram Language influenced Clojure Prolog influenced Curry Prolog influenced Datalog Prolog influenced Erlang Prolog influenced GUPU Prolog influenced JIProlog Datalog influenced Logica Prolog influenced Logica Prolog influenced Logtalk Prolog influenced Mercury Prolog influenced Natlog Prolog influenced Picat Prolog influenced SWI-Prolog Prolog influenced Tau Prolog Prolog influenced Wolfram Language Prolog Erlang Wolfram Language Datalog Ciao Clojure Curry GUPU JIProlog Logica Logtalk Mercury Natlog Picat SWI-Prolog Tau Prolog Solid arrows: influence, oldest at the top. Showing the 15 most influential of the 20 languages Prolog directly influenced.