RE: data smushing

> > > Unification uses a sequence of variable->subexpression
> > > substitutions to make two expressions the same, and is
> > > based entirely on the form of the expressions concerned.
> >
> > I think we just look to the same thing from different perspectives.
> > Suppose we have the facts
> > [snipped]
>
> Looks a lot like prolog proof trees...

Exactly Bill, except that Prolog will cycle indefinitely in
those horn clauses. But that does not change the fact that
they are meaningful descriptions. It is up to inference
engines to do something about that cycling and come up
with meaningful proof values or a no-proof-found value.

--
Jos

Received on Thursday, 4 January 2001 09:08:21 UTC