Examples
The following example demonstrates two facts (describing what father is) and one rule (describing the meaining of sibling). These three sentences use symbols (father, zeus, hermes, perseus and sibling) and some abstract variables (X, Y and Z). The mother relationship has been omitted for clarity.
father (zeus, hermes). father (zeus, perseus). sibling (X, Y) :- father (Z, X), father (Z, Y).Read more about this topic: Symbol (programming), Support, Prolog
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