scryer-prolog/README.md

rusty-wam

An implementation of the Warren Abstract Machine in Rust, done according to the progression of languages in Warren's Abstract Machine: A Tutorial Reconstruction, ending in pure Prolog.

Progress

The language L1 is implemented as a simple REPL. It supports unification on facts and queries without backtracking and rules without clauses, in the familiar Prolog syntax. No data types apart from atoms are currently supported.

An example of the level of interaction currently supported is:

l1> p(Z, Z).  
l1> ?- p(Z, Z).  
yes  
l1> ?- p(Z, z).  
yes  
l1> ?- p(Z, w).  
yes  
l1> clouds(are, nice).
l1> ?- p(z, w).  
no  
l1> ?- p(w, w).  
yes
l1> ?- clouds(Z, Z).
no
l1> ?- clouds(Z, W).
yes
l1> ?- clouds(are, W).
yes
l1> ?- clouds(W, nice).
yes
l1> ?- clouds(nice, are).
no
l1> ?- p(Z, h(Z, W), f(W)).  
no  
l1> p(Z, h(Z, W), f(W)).  
l1> ?- p(z, h(z, z), f(w)).  
no  
l1> ?- p(z, h(z, w), f(w)).  
yes  
l1> ?- p(Z, h(z, W), f(w)).  
yes  
l1> ?- p(z, h(Z, w), f(w)).  
yes
l1> ?- p(Z, h(Z, w), f(Z)).
yes
l1> ?- p(z, h(Z, w), f(Z)).
no
l1> p(f(X), h(Y, f(a)), Y).
l1> ?- p(Z, h(Z, W), f(W)).
yes
l1> quit

Occurs check

There's no occurs check, so cyclic terms do unify:

l1> p(W, W).
l1> ?- p(f(f(W)), W).
yes