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Warren's Abstract Machine A Tutorial Reconstruction

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ISBN-10: 0262510588

ISBN-13: 9780262510585

Edition: 1991

Authors: Hassan A�t-Kaci, Frederic Mishkin

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This tutorial demystifies one of the most important yet poorly understood aspects of logic programming, the Warren Abstract Machine or WAM. The author's step-by-step construction of the WAM adds features in a gradual manner, clarifying the complex aspects of the design and providing the first detailed study of WAM since it was designed in 1983. Developed by David H. D. Warren, the WAM is an abstract (nonphysical) computer that aids in the compilation and implementation of the Prolog programming language and offers techniques for compiling and optimizing symbolic computing that can be generalized beyond Prolog. Although the benefits of the WAM design have been widely accepted, few have been…    
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Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/12/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 114
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

List of Figures
Series Forward
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Unification--Pure and Simple
Flat Resolution
Prolog
Optimizing the Design
Conclusion
Prolog in a Nutshell
The WAM at a Glance
References
Index