In an alternative universe we are all programming ...
# linking-together
m
In an alternative universe we are all programming in parallel prolog against huge knowledge bases and CPUs optimized for logical operations. What happened? Here's a summary of Japan's Fifth Generation Computer Systems https://instadeq.com/blog/posts/japans-fifth-generation-computer-systems-success-or-failure/
👍 4
👀 3
d
"parallel prolog" sounds pretty erlang-y 🙂
m
yep, a paper mentions the innovation of a clause having "Head, Guard and Body", all Erlang vocabulary (also the syntax 😄)
Everything comes full circle 😉 https://github.com/rvirding/erlog
😄 1
c
Erlang was definitely an inspiration for my own side project (fizz)