XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 15:27:42 -0000 (UTC), Waldek Hebisch wrote:   
      
   > You mean 'expert system' coded in Lisp or Prolog?  Or just general   
   > coding in Lisp or Prolog?   Concerning general coding IMO Prolog is   
   > great for backtracking search and a few similar problem, but not good   
   > for most of programs.  On the other hand Lisp is quite capable general   
   > purpose language.   
      
   I meant the general case. There were precedents and other people involved   
   in the evolution but as shorthand I'll say Lisp embodies the was McCarthy   
   thinks, and Prolog does the same for Roussel. At that point it gets   
   philosophical. How does a person structure and perceive reality? In   
   another thread Hume and Kant came up. Hume triggered Kant's thought but   
   Kant approached the world differently.   
      
   Less esoterically, I looked at Lisp, or Scheme precisely in the Wizard   
   book, and I could understand the concepts and follow the thought processes   
   but they were not a natural approach for the way i address the world. I   
   didn't mean a general indictment of the language when I said I couldn't   
   understand why someone would do it that way, but a very specific *I*.   
      
   Prolog is either further away for me. It sounds contradictory but I'm   
   logical but never was comfortable with formal logic.   
      
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