YUyu3zhou4·Jul 18, 2024Submission
Prolog Formulation of the Constitution of Japan
16 points · Open discussionbitlaw-jp
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6 sourcesA classic reference: The British Nationality Act as a Logic Program:
https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rak/papers/British%20Nationality%2...
Parts of the constitution of Japan in Prolog:
https://github.com/bitlaw-jp/the-constitution-of-japan
A recent project involving the formalization and automated analysis of criteria for grants:
https://www.brz.gv.at/en/BRZ-Tech-Blog/Tech-Blog-7-Symbolic-...
In Ask HN: Has anyone tried to rewrite a law in Prolog?Law making is kinda logic programming[0]. Someone even wrote the constitution of Japan in prolog ! [1]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_programming
[1] https://github.com/bitlaw-jp/the-constitution-of-japan
In California court finds that bees fall within a legal definition of fish [pdf]Link for those interested: https://github.com/bitlaw-jp/the-constitution-of-japan
In Ask HN: What are some interesting examples of Prolog?A Prolog Formulation of the Constitution of Japan
24 points · Open discussionThe fifth generation project didn't actually use prolog, but instead a custom prolog-like language.
However, there's still work being done adjacent to 5G using real prolog, by people who thought it was an interesting idea: https://github.com/bitlaw-jp/the-constitution-of-japan
Prolog is still used in the development of expert systems, though when those systems are shipped, they have often been rewritten in an imperative language based on a Prolog prototype.
The fifth generation project, from what I understand, died because of a dedication to custom hardware using already-obsolete fabrication tech -- mid-70s flipflops-on-IC tech over late-70s microprocessor-on-IC tech, wire wrap, etc. There was an inability or unwillingness to iterate on original committee designs. By the time it folded in 1998, everything involved looked like stone knives
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and bearskins. Those boxes wouldn't have been able to run it fast by 1980 standards.