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Re:Prolog Coding Horror by AlotOfReading on Sunday May 17, 2026 @07:42PM (#48174150)
Other than databases, program analysis. The polonius borrow checker in rustc uses datalog internally.

But you can use it for lots of things. Whenever I'm frustrated with graph based tools being slow (like build systems), I run the graph through a datalog engine for comparison. It's usually much, much faster.

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