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From: lee@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Lee Naish)
Subject: Re: Linear Equation Solver in Prolog available?
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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 06:36:15 GMT
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In article <411icp$37m@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>, ok@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:

> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

My (uncontrollable) reaction precisely!


> This is a textbook example of how _NOT_ to write Prolog.

Especially thew use of assert and retract and the "interesting" convention for using cuts.  I'll have to save the code for my LP Techniques course!

	lee
