Two-dimensional Visual Programming and Three-Dimensional Execution Visualisation in Prolog

Holland, Simon (1991). Two-dimensional Visual Programming and Three-Dimensional Execution Visualisation in Prolog. In: Colloquium Digest of the Institute of Electrical Engineers' IEE Colloquium on Real World Visualisation - Virtual World - Virtual Reality, IEE Electronics Division, 4/1-4/4.

URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/263727

Abstract

A new, simple, expressively complete visual formalism for programming in Prolog is presented. The formalism is shown to be equivalent to the standard textual notation for Prolog. Some aspects of Prolog programs are identified that appear to be clearer for novices when presented in the graphic formalism, while other aspects of Prolog are noted that may be clearer in the standard textual notation. The design of an implemented computer environment dubbed VPP (short for "Visual Programming in Prolog") is presented that supports visual programming in Prolog using the graphical formalism. Two different implemented experimental prototypes of VPP are discussed.

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• Item ORO ID
• 59627
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• Extra Information
• originally presented at the Institute of Electrical Engineers' IEE Colloquium on Visualisation, Virtual World, Virtual Reality, Savoy Place, London, UK, 26 Sep 1991.
• Keywords
• programming environments; PROLOG; visual programming; 2D visual programming; 3D program execution visualization; textual notation; graphic formalism; VPP; execution spaces
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Research Group
• Music Computing Lab
• Depositing User
• Simon Holland