On Jan 22, 8:16 pm, David Nolen <dnolen.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 2:09 PM, rb <raphi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jan 21, 11:41 pm, Alex Baranosky <alexander.barano...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've read a bit about clojure.core.unify ( > >http://blog.fogus.me/2010/12/14/unification-versus-pattern-matching-t... > > > ) > > > > I haven't gotten through PAIP yet, but I gather unification libraries > > enable > > > logic programming? Is it true that unification is a superset of pattern > > > matching? > > > > Mostly, I'd like to hear more about what something like > > clojure.core.unify > > > is good for. > > > I've used unification with dataflow variables and data structures > > holding unbound variables (though not in clojure) and found it really > > powerful! > > > I'm not sure dataflow variables are available in clojure though, but > > would be happy to stand corrected (I heard about the contrib dataflow > > module, but from what I read it's more like cells updating based on > > upstream cells it depends on, whereas what I mean by dataflow variable > > is a variable that makes a thread wait until it gets bound if that > > thread uses that variable) > > This exists in Clojure in the form of promise/deliver. >
Thanks Ken and David, I'll take a closer look! Raph > > > > Cheers > > > raph > > > > Best, > > > Alex -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
