--- title: "Prolog Via Pokémon" url: https://daily.dev/posts/prolog-via-pok-mon-lzknzbxog source_url: https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/prolog-via-pokemon type: article source: "Hackaday" published: 2026-05-19T02:15:16.905Z updated: 2026-05-19T02:15:39.729Z reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Prolog Via Pokémon **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An introduction to Prolog using Pokémon as a teaching example. Prolog is a logic programming language suited for defining facts and rules, then querying them — similar to a specialized database. Using Pokémon characters like Bulbasaur and Squirtle, the tutorial demonstrates how to express types, traits, and relationships as Prolog facts and rules, making it easy to query for matches. The post also notes some omissions like the cut operator and backtracking, and links to related content on mixing C with Prolog. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Prolog Basics Explained with Pokémon](https://daily.dev/posts/prolog-basics-explained-with-pok-mon-xsxdvqlu5) · Lobsters · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [λProlog Home Page](https://daily.dev/posts/prolog-home-page-rggyu3oax) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [My Gripes with Prolog](https://daily.dev/posts/my-gripes-with-prolog-iootk2zgp) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The seven programming ur-languages](https://daily.dev/posts/the-seven-programming-ur-languages-cch32ayan) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Tag Proposal: logic-lang](https://daily.dev/posts/tag-proposal-logic-lang-tgwbwdpkz) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/prolog-via-pok-mon-lzknzbxog)