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Re: Pure Prolog action item completed

From: Igor Mozetic <igor.mozetic@ijs.si>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:02:55 +0200
Message-ID: <443A9DCF.9000308@ijs.si>
To: Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
CC: public-rif-wg@w3.org

Well, this is not a "home-grown" definition, it is defined
in the ISO Prolog standard. However, if the prevailing feeling is
that this decreases the clarity, then I don't mind if my addition
is removed from your contribution.

-Igor


Michael Kifer wrote:
> Igor Mozetic <igor.mozetic@ijs.si>:
> 
>>Michael Kifer wrote:
>>
>>>I have completed my action item 
>>>http://www.w3.org/2006/04/04-rif-minutes.html#action13
>>>on Pure Prolog.
>>>Please see http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/wiki/Pure_Prolog
>>>
>>>	--michael  
>>>
>>
>>I have added my views on the distinction between Horn Clauses
>>and pure Prolog to the end of same page. Hope this is OK,
>>otherwise I can move it elsewhere.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Igor
>>
> 
> 
> 
> Igor,
> in your addition, you wrote:
> 
>   "I propose "pure Prolog" to stand for a computer language ..."
> 
> I propose to not introduce new home-grown definitions and further confuse
> things. There is already an array of dissimilar definitions of "Pure Prolog".
> If you want to define something that doesn't already have a term
> (and provided there is a need -- I am not even sure of that!) then introduce
> a new term. Our goal is to be clear. What you are proposing is not going to
> contribute to that.
> 
> 
> 	--michael  
> 
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