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Prolog Basics Explained with Pokémon

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Amazing explainer article on Prolog using Pokemon as the through line.

These facts are loaded into an interactive prompt called the “top-level.” You query the top-level by typing a statement into the prompt; Prolog tries to find all the ways to make that statement true. When there’s more than one possible solution, the top-level displays the first solution and then awaits user input. You can then have it display one more solution, all the solutions, or stop entirely.

I've never had any exposure to Prolog and this was a great way to learn a bit about the unique strengths. I haven't done much of this yet, but I think it would be fun to explore less common languages like this using a coding agent to really experience them.

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