Title
Zephyr: Toward true compiler-based programming in Prolog
Abstract
Prolog is widely used in prototyping, especially in artificial intelligence, but it has yet to gain widespread acceptance in application development. We think that the problems in this area result from the programming style enforced in existing Prolog systems. Zephyr is a new Prolog system refined and enhanced to help solve such problems. It allows users to do modular programming by always using a compiler instead of an interpreter. In this paper, we describe the unique features of Zephyr which make this possible, focusing especially on package, metafunctions, and tables, and the implementation of the system on OS/2®.
Year
DOI
Venue
1992
10.1147/rd.363.0391
IBM Journal of Research and Development
Keywords
Field
DocType
true compiler-based programming
Programming language,Computer science,Programming style,Compiler,Prolog,Interpreter,Modular programming
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
36
3
0018-8646
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
6
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Asakawa, Y.100.34
Komatsu, H.220.74
Etoh, H.300.34
Hama, Y.400.34