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Title: Constraint logic programming languages

Journal Article · · Communications of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery); (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/79204.79209· OSTI ID:6597394
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  1. Michtom School of Computer Science, Brandeis Univ., MA (US)

Constraint logic programming (CLP) is an extension of logic programming aimed at replacing the pattern matching mechanism of unification, as used in Prolog, by a more general operation called constraint satisfaction. This article provides a panoramic view of the recent work done in designing and implementing CLP languages. It also presents a summary of their theoretical foundations, discusses implementation issues, compares the major CLP languages, and suggests directions for further work.

OSTI ID:
6597394
Journal Information:
Communications of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery); (USA), Vol. 33:7; ISSN 0001-0782
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English