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- From: jensk@hpbbrd.bbn.hp.com (Jens Kilian)
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 10:39:12 GMT
- Subject: Re: Compilation of Disjuncts
- Message-ID: <97440012@hpbbrd.bbn.hp.com>
- Organization: HP Mechanical Design Division
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- Newsgroups: comp.lang.prolog
- References: <1992Sep1.160505.6828@irisa.fr>
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- > >The main reason for compiling disjunctions is that it can speed up code
- > >like
- > >
- > > p(X) :-
- > > ( X >= 0 ->
- > > do_something_for_positive_X(X)
- > > ; do_something_for_negative_X(X)
- > > ).
- > >
- >
- > No. The main reason for compiling disjunctions is to avoid to build a structure
- > and metacall it. The improvement you mention is also significant, but nowhere as important as this.
- >
- > --Micha
-
- I was thinking about the alternative approach of compiling a disjunction
- to a call of an auxiliary predicate:
-
- P :- Q; R. ==> P :- dummy(...).
-
- dummy(...) :- Q.
- dummy(...) :- R.
-
- where in place of ... you have to insert the variables occuring in Q and R, as
- well as any information needed for handling cuts.
-
- Sorry about the confusion,
-
- Jens.
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