Logical Programming

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In CHICKEN

There are a few logical programming eggs.

tiny-prolog

In particular there's tiny-prolog, originally written by Nils M Holm. It's pretty basic but also really tiny.

#;1> (! (age maria 69))
(((age maria 69)))
#;2> (! (age tone 80))
(((age tone 80)) ((age maria 69)))
#;3> (! (age ze 69))
(((age ze 69)) ((age tone 80)) ((age maria 69)))
#;5> (! (male ze))
(((male ze)) ((age ze 69)) ((age tone 80)) ((age maria 69)))
#;5> (! (male tone))
(((male tone)) ((male ze)) ((age ze 69)) ((age tone 80)) ((age maria 69)))
#;6> (! (female maria))
(((female maria)) ((male tone)) ((male ze)) ((age ze 69)) ((age tone 80)) ((age maria 69)))
#;7> (? (female ?who) (age ?who 80))
()
#;8> (? (female ?who) (age ?who 69))
(((who . maria)))
#;9> (? (?relation maria))
(((relation . female)))

miniKanren

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