Show HN: Sun – a Prolog generator for the 2026 solar eclipse

Category: other

Tags: prolog, poetry-generation, solar-eclipse, combinatory-machine, glossematics

Score: 4.3/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 4, Documentation: 5, Utility: 3)

This project generates 72 variants of a poem about a solar eclipse, using Prolog to map linguistic permutations onto the Saros 126 eclipse cycle. It is interesting for its use of Prolog's declarative and backtracking capabilities to implement a structuralist combinatory machine. While niche, it demonstrates a novel intersection of language, logic, and astronomy.

Target audience: language researchers, Prolog enthusiasts, digital artists

Repository: https://github.com/bergholt/triptych · Prolog · MIT · 1 stars

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