Julia: Defining Functions Dynamically
One of the widely discussed features of Julia is its support for metaprogramming. This feature makes it possible to generate and inspect the code…
Calling External DLL Functions from Julia
Julia supports calling external functions, especially those written in “C” language. As Julia documentation says, such calls do not involve any “boilerplate” code and…
WolframAlpha, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI
We all know that ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. True, it is a major advance of Artificial Intelligence in the area of…
Book Review: Adventures in Rule-Based Programming – A CLIPS Tutorial
Title: Adventures in Rule-Based Programming – A CLIPS Tutorial Author: Gary Riley Publisher: Secret Society Software, LLC Year: 2022 In an earlier article, I…
Std::tie
std::tuple is a widely used abstraction in C++ and has been around since C++11. It is a generalization of std::pair. std::tie is convenient when…
Are Rule-Based Systems Still Relevant Today?
Before Machine Learning came into the mainstream, Rule-based systems were being used actively to solve complex decision making problems. In fact, Rule engines were…
Using Julia from Mathematica
In an earlier article, I had shown how it is possible to interact with Mathematica from Julia. In today’s article, I will share the…
Why Learn C++
This is the third and the last article in the series “Why Learn Language-XYZ?”. I talked about Prolog and Lisp earlier. The present article…
Why Learn Lisp?
In the last article, I had shared my views on why programmers should learn Prolog, preferably as the first language. What language should one…
Why Learn Prolog?
There are several programming languages in use today and a simple google search will throw up interesting recommendations of a subset of these languages…