Programming Environment

• Programming environment used in the course:
  • Multi-paradigm programming environment supporting:
    • Logic programming
    • Functional programming
    • Constraint programming
    • (A form of) Imperative, object-oriented programming
    (allows following the course with a single system)
• Installing/Using Ciao:
  • Freely available from: http://www.ciaohome.org
  • You can easily install it in your machine (Linux, Unix, Windows, & Mac).
  • If needed, it can be installed on the CS/ECE Linux machines, and/or on the ECE-215 Windows machines.
• Use of the (emacs-based) programming environment highly recommended
  (syntax highlighting, auto-documenter, multiple debuggers, assertions, etc.).