 In 1981 , the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry set aside $ 850 million for the Fifth generation computer project . Their objectives were to write programs and build machines that could carry on conversations , translate languages , interpret pictures , and reason like human beings . Much to the chagrin of scruffies , they chose Prolog as the primary computer language for the project . 
 In 1981 , the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry set aside $ 850 million for the Fifth generation computer project . Their objectives <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> to write programs and build machines <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>could carry on conversations , translate languages , interpret pictures , and reason like human beings . Much to the chagrin of scruffies , they chose Prolog as the primary computer language for the project . 
In 1981 , da Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry set aside $ 850 million for the Fifth generation computer project . Their objectives was to write programs and build machines could carry on convos , translate languages , interpret pictures , and reason like human beings . Much to tdachagrin of scruffies , they chose Prolog as thdarimary computer language for thedaoject .