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										 |  |  | <h2 id="control_external1" class="codenp">{}/1</h2> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | <pre>{Goal}</pre> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | Calls external Prolog code. Can be used to bypass the Logtalk compiler. The argument is called within the context of the pseudo-object <em>user</em>. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	<dt>Goal is a variable:</dt> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 		<dd><code>instantiation_error</code></dd> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	<dt>Goal is neither a variable nor a callable term:</dt> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | <pre>N1/D1 < N2/D2 :- | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     {N1*D2 < N2*D1}.</pre> | 
					
						
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