Mercury is a functional logic programming language designed for real-world applications, developed at the University of Melbourne by Zoltan Somogyi and colleagues, and first released in 1995. It combines the clarity and expressiveness of declarative programming with advanced static analysis and error detection features, including a strong type system, mode system, and determinism system, and compiles to efficient native code.
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First Released ParadigmLogic, functional, object-oriented 2 SignificanceA functional logic language made for real-world uses, with a strong static type system and a mode and determinism system. 2 Classification
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What kind of language is Mercury and where was it developed?
A functional logic language developed at the University of Melbourne and released in 1995.
Mercury is a functional logic programming language made for real-world uses, and it is a purely declarative logic programming language. The first version was developed at the University of Melbourne, Computer Science department, by Fergus Henderson, Thomas Conway and Zoltan Somogyi, under Somogyi's supervision, and released on April 8, 1995.
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April 8, 1995
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Logic, functional, object-oriented
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