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by OskarS 3434 days ago
Actually, Prolog uses "-->" for to define grammars[1] for parsing. Not confusing at all! :)

(actually, parsing is one of the things i really love about Prolog. Writing a simple grammars is much easier and much more pleasurable than using things like regular expressions. The fact that it's far more powerful and readable is just a bonus. )

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definite_clause_grammar