[prog] prolog

[Dan]

> my artificial intelligence professor told me to examine the prolog code for
> the Linear Peg Solitaire problem (details here:
> http://www.cs.hmc.edu/claremont/keller/webBook/ch06/sec03.html) in order to
> understand the "lists" in Prolog.

Hi Asli.

That link is a good introduction to general AI programming, but it
doesn't look to me like a good introduction to Prolog lists. Prolog
requires a very different style of thinking from most other programming
languages; simply understanding the syntax won't do. So I would suggest
doing things in this order:
1) Make sure you understand basic Prolog syntax and how to "think in
Prolog".
2) Learn Prolog syntax/thinking for lists.
3) Try to solve the Peg Solitaire problem.

For the first two, Google and I recommend this tutorial:
  http://cs.wwc.edu/~cs_dept/KU/PR/Prolog.html
Don't worry if you don't understand the first couple sections: it gets
easier as you keep reading.

Some of us (Linuxchix) can also answer specific questions about Prolog,
including lists.

-- 
 The first time the [artificially intelligent] creature was put down
 in the game world, he just stared at his feet. I was puzzled, but
 after debugging found that the creature was trying to eat himself.
 He was hungry, and had spotted himself as a nearby convenient object!
     - Richard Evans, creator of the AI game "Black & White"