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When comparing Prolog vs Hy, the Slant community recommends Prolog for most people. In the question“What are the best (productivity-enhancing, well-designed, and concise, rather than just popular or time-tested) programming languages?” Prolog is ranked 38th while Hy is ranked 43rd.
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Pros
Pro Many good implementations to chose from
Pro Standard language for symbolic programming
Pro Python interop
Hy compiles to Python's abstract syntax trees. Python can import Hy modules, and Hy can import Python modules.
Pro Easier to read
Distinguished between arrays (or vectors) and function calls by using [] and (), respectively.
Pro Copyfree and open source
Uses the MIT (expat) license.
Cons
Con One trick pony
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