The Role of Logic Programming in ICT Specialists Curricula

Prolog was a modern, promising and a very popular programming language thirty years ago and Logic Programming acquired a firm place within Computer Science as well as in ICT programs curricula especially at European and Asian Universities. However, the rapid development of new programming languages moved Prolog far away from the beginning of the list of the most widely utilized programming languages. Therefore the logical question is whether there are still some good and justified reasons to keep Logic Programming in the present ICT specialists curricula. This paper outlines some general reasons for maintaining it on the list of the subjects taught and it brings out some basic examples showing the usefulness of the logic programming paradigm especially when explaining and teaching the efficient utilization of recursion.