Prolog is the 3rd language covered in Bruce Tate's Seven Languages in Seven Weeks, and is a declarative, rather than imperative, language. Prolog is not new, of course (1972), but I have to admit this is the first time I've taken a look at it.
Like Bruce, I used GNU Prolog (1.3.1).
Like Bruce, I used GNU Prolog (1.3.1).
Io is the 2nd language in Bruce Tate's Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. Io is a prototyping language, where most of the mass exists in the libraries. The syntax itself is refreshingly simple, and he is not exaggerating to say you can grasp it in about 15 minutes.
When I decided to blow through Seven Languages in Seven Weeks in only 7 days, I had yet to read even the introduction to the book.
I recently started learning Scala (you know when the New York Times refers to Java as an "older" language, it's time to update!). As I've started trying to shift my thinking from object orientation to functional programming, I remembered the book Seven Languages in Seven Weeks by Bruce Tate.
