logic programming

Questions about logic programming

What is another word for logic programming?

It depends which logic programming you mean. In the sense “a computer language designed in Europe to support natural language processing”, the synonyms are Prolog, logic programing. Across all 2 senses there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of logic programming?

WordNet records no antonym for logic programming. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for logic programming split into groups?

Because logic programming carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for logic programming come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of logic programming

• Full entry for logic programmingAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for logic programmingWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.