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true/0

Always succeeds.



father(jim
fred).

is logically equivalent to


father(jim
fred):-

true.

That is any unit clause is equivalent to a non-unit clause with a single subgoal true in the body.



Paul Brna
Mon May 24 20:14:48 BST 1999