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The following Comparison of Prolog implementations provides a reference for the relative feature sets and performance of different implementations of the Prolog computer programming language.

Portability[edit]

There are Prolog implementations that are radically different, with different syntax and different semantics (e.g. Visual Prolog)[1] and sub-communities have developed around different implementations.[1]

Code that strictly conforms to the ISO-Prolog core language is portable across ISO-compliant implementations. However, the ISO standard for modules was never accepted by most Prolog implementors.[1]

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Factors that can adversely affect portability include: use of bounded vs. unbounded integer arithmetic, additional types such as string objects, advanced numeric types (rationals, complex), feature extensions such as Unicode, threads, and tabling.[2] Use of libraries unavailable in other implementations and library organisation:[1]

Currently, the way predicates are spread over the libraries and system built-ins differs enormously. [..] Fortunately, there are only few cases where we find predicates with the same name but different semantics (e.g. delete/3)

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Main features[edit]

PlatformFeaturesToolkitProlog Mechanics
NameOSLicenceNative GraphicsCompiled CodeUnicodeObject OrientedNative OS ControlStand Alone ExecutableC Interface[3]Java Interface[3]Interactive InterpreterDebuggerCode ProfilerSyntax
BPrologUnix, Windows, Mac OS XFree for non-commercial usesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesISO-Prolog, plus event-handling, CLP(FD), and tabling
JIPrologJVM, AndroidShareware/Commercial and AGPLYesYesYes via JavaYesYes via JavaYesYesYesISO-Prolog
CiaoUnix, Windows, Mac OS XGPL, LGPLYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesISO-Prolog, plus extensions
DOS-PROLOGMS-DOSSharewareYesYesYesYesYesYesEdinburgh Prolog
ECLiPSeLinux, Windows, Solaris, macOSMPLYesYesYesYesYesYesYesExtended Prolog, Multi-dialect, including ISO
GNU PrologUnix, Windows, Mac OS XGPL, LGPLYesYesYesYesYesYesISO-Prolog
Jekejeke PrologJVM, AndroidDistribution EvaluationYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesISO-Prolog, Java API
JLogJVMGPLYesYesYesYesISO-Prolog
JScriptLogWeb BrowserGPLYesISO-Prolog
jTrologJVMLGPLYesYesYesYesISO-Prolog tests[permanent dead link]
LPA-PROLOGWindowsCommercialYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesEdinburgh Prolog with extensions
Open PrologMac OSFreewareYes
Poplog PrologLinux (32- and 64-bit), Unix, WindowsFree Open SourceOnly through POP-11, on LinuxYesYesYesYesYesYesEdinburgh Prolog, with interfaces to Poplog Common Lisp and Pop-11
SICStus PrologUnix, Linux, Windows, macOSCommercialYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesISO-Prolog
Strawberry PrologWindows, UnixFreeware, CommercialYesYesYesYesYesNot ISO-Prolog + extensions
SWI-PrologUnix, Linux, Windows, macOSBSD LicenseYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesISO-Prolog, Edinburgh Prolog
tuPrologJVM, AndroidLGPLYesYesYesYesYesYesISO-Prolog
Visual PrologWindowsFreeware, CommercialYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
XSB PrologLinux, Windows, Solaris, macOSLGPLYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesISO-Prolog, tabled WFS
YAP-PrologLinux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X, HP-UXGPL or Artistic (user choice)YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesEdinburgh, ISO-Prolog, Quintus and SICStus Prolog compatible

Operating system and Web-related features[edit]

Web-related
NameConditional compilationSocketsMulti-threadingTablingHTTP clientHTTP serverHTML ParserRDF Triple store
BPrologYes
CiaoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
ECLiPSeYesYesYesYesYes
GNU PrologYes
Jekejeke PrologYesYesYesYesYes
LPA-PrologYesYesYesYes
SICStus PrologYesYesYes
SWI-PrologYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Visual PrologYesYesYesYesYesYes
XSBYesYesYesYesYes
YAP-PrologYesYesYesYes

Static analysis[edit]

NameType checkerDeterminacy checkerCall-pattern checker
CiaoYesYesYes
GNU Prolog
Jekejeke Prolog
SICStus PrologYes
SWI-PrologYes
Visual PrologYesYesYes
XSB
YAP-Prolog

Optimizations[edit]

NameTail-Call OptimizationChoice Point EliminationEnvironment TrimmingJust-in-Time Indexing
CiaoYesYesYes?
ECLiPSeYesYesYesmulti-argument (compile time)
GNU PrologYesYesYes?
Jekejeke PrologYes (runtime)Yes (runtime)Yes (runtime)Yes
SICStus PrologYesYesYes
SWI-PrologYesYesYesYes
Visual PrologYes (compile time)Yes (compile time)N/AN/A (compile time)
XSBYesYesYes?
YAP-PrologYesYesYesYes

Release[edit]

NameVersionDate
BProlog8.12014-02-23
JIProlog4.1.6.12018-03-17
Ciao1.18.02018-12-19
DOS-PROLOG6.0
ECLiPSe7.02018-01-22
GNU Prolog1.4.52018-07-14
Jekejeke Prolog1.3.12018-11-02
JLog1.3.62007-09-13
JScriptLog0.7.5 beta2007-09-10
jTrolog
LPA-PROLOG7.02019-12-19
Open Prolog
Poplog PrologV15.652015-10-14
SICStus Prolog4.5.12019-04-03
Strawberry Prolog3.0 Beta 42013-12-10
SWI-Prolog8.2.02020-05-27
tuProlog3.2.12017-02-14
Visual Prolog9.0, Build 9022019-04-26
XSB Prolog3.82017-10-29
YAProlog6.3.32013-01-21

Benchmarks[edit]

  • Benchmarking issues: Odd Prolog benchmarking, Performance differences.[4]
  • Benchmarking software: older, Dobry[permanent dead link], Aquarius benchmark suite, (Bothe, 1990),[5](Demoen et al. 2001), benchmark descriptions
  • Benchmarking results: B-Prolog, SICStus, XSB,[6] SICStus vs Yap vs hProlog[7]
  • Benchmarking results: Survey of java prolog engines by Michael Zeising
  • Benchmarking results: OpenRuleBench yearly open-source benchmark of rule engines
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References[edit]

  1. ^ abcdWielemaker, J.; Costa, V. T. S. (2011). 'On the Portability of Prolog Applications'. Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 6539. p. 69. CiteSeerX10.1.1.1030.9396. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-18378-2_8. ISBN978-3-642-18377-5.
  2. ^Jan Wielemaker and Vıtor Santos Costa: Portability of Prolog programs: theory and case-studies. CICLOPS-WLPE Workshop 2010.
  3. ^ abC/Java interface can also be used for graphics and OS control.
  4. ^B. Demoen, and P. Nguyen, About unnecessary performance differences between Prolog implementations, Proceedings of the Colloquium on Implementation of Constraint and Logic Programming Systems (CICLOPS 2001)
  5. ^Bothe, K. (1990). 'A prolog space benchmark suite'. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 25 (12): 54–60. doi:10.1145/122193.122197.
  6. ^A Summary of XSB Performance (1993)
  7. ^Demoen, B.; Nguyen, P. L.; Vandeginste, R. (2002). 'Copying Garbage Collection for the WAM: to Mark or Not to Mark?'. Logic Programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2401. pp. 194–208. CiteSeerX10.1.1.13.2586. doi:10.1007/3-540-45619-8_14. ISBN978-3-540-43930-1.

External links[edit]

  • Overview of Prolog Systems by Ulrich Neumerkel
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