Thank you. My researched suggested that it was possible with other prolog implementations so I wasn't sure if I was missing something simple in pilog.
I also wasn't sure if with a simple problem space I could combine something like permute with a known range of possibilities. In the example below, I could generate a list of the whole numbers from 1-100 for the acreage and then have some helper functions to test for ranges. I wouldn't need to solve for a real number. It sounds like there are better ways to do it. I was hoping to come up with something as nicely declarative/expressive as pilog that didn't have a bunch of conditionals. I could probably use some dsl though. I have no experience with pilog and was interested in an application of it. Thanks again On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Alexander Burger <a...@software-lab.de>wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 04:02:07PM +0200, Henrik Sarvell wrote: > > I can't say for sure if prolog is a good fit or not. The problems seems a > > little bit too arithmetic maybe but do not trust my word on it. > > I also don't think that Prolog or Pilog are well suited for that. > > Linear programming is an optimization technique, often employing the > simplex algorithm where you solve a number of linear equations by > "pivot"ing their terms. I think this can be easier solved in plain Lisp > than in Pilog. > > Cheers, > - Alex > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe >
