relational language
<language> Any kind of programming language that specifies output in
terms of some property and some arguments. For example, if Tom has two brothers,
Dick and Harry, a relational language will respond to the query "Who is Tom's
brother?" with either Dick or Harry. Notice that unlike functional languages,
relational languages do not require a unique output for each predicate/argument
pair. Prolog is the best known relational language.
(2004-05-17)
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