PrologWritten in
1995First released
University of MelbourneDeveloper
staticTyping
GNU General Public LicenseLicense
What is Mercury written in?
Mercury uses a bootstrap chain from Prolog (documented).
Quick Facts
- Developer
- University of Melbourne
- First released
- 1995
- Typing
- static
- License
- GNU General Public License
- Filename extension
- .m
- Website
- www.mercurylang.org
About Mercury
Mercury is a functional logic programming language. It is a statically typed language. It supports logic and functional programming.
Mercury first appeared in 1995. Development is led by University of Melbourne.
How Mercury is implemented
In the Language Lineage dataset, its toolchain was bootstrapped from Prolog.
Mercury in the language family tree
Mercury drew on ideas from Prolog and ML.
Sources: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official site
Frequently Asked Questions
What language is Mercury written in?
Mercury is primarily implemented in Prolog. See the implementation section above for details and source references.
What languages influenced Mercury?
Mercury was influenced by Prolog, ML among others. See the influence section above for the full list.
When was Mercury first released?
Mercury was first released in 1995.