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FLINGO — Performance Cost Unevaluated
FLINGO -- Instilling ASP Expressiveness into Linear Integer Constraints
Published: 12 May 2026 · Updated: 13 July 2026
Read the original sourceWhat the paper says
FLINGO preserves expressiveness without sacrificing solver compatibility.
The Critique
The paper focuses on language design but doesn't evaluate the performance cost. Compiling high-level features to low-level constraints typically introduces overhead. They don't compare solving times between native FLINGO and hand-optimized CASP encodings.
Why It Matters
If FLINGO programs run significantly slower than equivalent CASP programs, the usability benefits may not justify the performance cost. The field needs to understand the tradeoff between expressiveness and efficiency.
What They Missed
They don't address whether the added expressiveness changes the complexity class of problems that can be efficiently solved.