readme.txt

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Visual Prolog 5.2 Development System (Personal Edition)

1. Purpose

Visual Prolog is a complete programming environment based on the
Prolog programming language.

(Visual Prolog is the successor of TURBO Prolog and PDC Prolog).

It contains everything needed for building large-scale commercial
applications: complete graphical development environment, compiler,
linker and debugger.

Visual Prolog includes a large library with bindings to a range of
APIs: Including Windows GUI, ODBC/OCI databases and Internet (sockets,
ftp, http, cgi, etc).

The development environment is written entirely in Visual Prolog,
and contains a number of Code Experts and graphical editors for
dialogs, menus, toolbars etc.

Visual Prolog is very well suited for expert systems, planning and
other AI related problems.

Visual Prolog supports: Windows 3.x/95/98/NT/2000, OS/2 and some
support for DOS, Linux and SCO UNIX


However, this shipment only supports Windows 3.x/95/98/NT/2000,
other versions are only available on CD (also freeware, but we
charge a fee for handling) see below.

2. Installation

Run the program: vip52pe.exe

3. License and distribution conditions

As stated in the license agreement, the restrictions of the
Personal Edition are:

You are permitted to:

- use the Personal Edition at home for learning Visual Prolog.
- use the Personal Edition at educational institutions for
  teaching and learning Visual Prolog.
- make as many copies of the Visual Prolog Personal Edition as you
  wish; give unmodified copies of the Visual Prolog Personal Edition
  installation program to anyone; and distribute the Visual Prolog
  Personal Edition installation program in its unmodified form via
  electronic means.

You are NOT permitted to:

- distribute or give away any executables created with the Personal
  Edition.
- use the Personal Edition for any (direct or indirect) commercial
  purpose.
- remove or attempt to remove the Personal Edition banner from the
  Prolog system or any executable it creates.

Additionally, free support is not provided for the Personal Edition.

There are no technical or time restrictions, and the Personal
Edition includes all features from the Visual Prolog Professional
version. However, all executables made with the Personal Edition
will start up with a banner saying that it has been produced with
the non-commercial license.

You can acquire the CD with the Personal Edition from PDC for a
service fee.  Also notice: you can buy the Visual Prolog Handbooks.

    http://www.visual-prolog.com/vip/vipinfo/ordrfrm1.htm

4. Distribution

See above!

5. Contact to Prolog Development Center

Prolog Development Center a/s
H.J. Holstvej 3-5C
DK-2605 Broendby
Denmark

mailto:[e-mail]
http://www.visual-prolog.com

The personal edition is provided without support.