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README for Yap 5.1
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This directory contains a release of the Yap 5.1.* Prolog system,
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originally developed at the Universidade do Porto by Luis Damas and
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Vitor Santos Costa, with contributions from the Edinburgh Prolog
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library, the C-Prolog manual authors, Ricardo Lopes, Ricardo Rocha,
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M. Hermenegildo, D. Cabeza, Eric Alphonse, Paulo Moura, Nuno Fonseca,
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Jan Wielemaker, Paul Singleton, Fred Dushin, Jan Wielemaker, Markus
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Triska, and many others. You should read the rest of this file for
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information on what Yap is and for instructions on how to build it.
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YAP 52 is known to build with many versions of gcc (<= gcc-2.7.2, >=
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gcc-2.8.1, >= egcs-1.0.1, gcc-2.95.*) and on a variety of Linux,
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MacOSX, and Unix'es: SunOS 4.1, Solaris 2.*, Irix 5.2, HP-UX 10.20,
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Dec Alpha Unix, Linux 1.2 and Linux 2.* (RedHat 4.0 through 5.2,
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Debian 2.*) in both the x86 and alpha platforms. It has been built on
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Windows XP using cygwin/mingw from Cygnus Solutions. and on MaxO
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The main core of the YAP distribution is distributed under a dual
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license: the Perl Artistic license 2 and the FSF's LGPL. The YAP
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distribution also contains files distributed under the LGPL
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exclusively, and under the GPL.
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The YAP distribution includes several packages ported to Yap, such as
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Pillow, JPL, CLP(R) and CHR. We would like to take the opportunity to
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thank the developers of these packages for their generosity in
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allowing YAP to distribute these packages. Any bugs in these packages
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are probably our fault.
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If you have a question about this software, desire to add code, found
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a bug, want to request a feature, or wonder how to get further
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assistance, please send e-mail to yap-users@lists.sourceforge.net. To
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subscribe to the mailing list or access the list archives, please see
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http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/yap-users
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Online documentation is available for Yap at:
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http://www.ncc.up.pt/~vsc/Yap/
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Recent versions of Yap, including both source and selected binaries,
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can be found from this same URL.
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1. What is YAP
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The Yap Prolog System is a high-performance Prolog compiler developed
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at LIACC, Universidade do Porto. Yap provides several important
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features:
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o speed: Yap is widely considered one of the fastest available Prolog
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systems.
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o functionality: it supports stream I/O, sockets, modules,
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exceptions, Prolog debugger, C-interface, dynamic code, internal
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database, DCGs, saved states, co-routining, arrays.
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o we explicitly allow both commercial and non-commercial use of Yap.
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Yap is based on the David H. D. Warren's WAM (Warren Abstract
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Machine), with several optimizations for better performance. Yap
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follows the Edinburgh tradition, and was originally designed to be
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largely compatible with DEC-10 Prolog, Quintus Prolog, and especially
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with C-Prolog.
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Yap implements most of the ISO-Prolog standard. We are striving at
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full compatibility, and the manual describes what is still
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missing. The manual also includes a (largely incomplete) comparison
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with SICStus Prolog.
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2. How to compile YAP
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To compile YAP just do:
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(1) mkdir arch
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(2) cd arch
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(3) ../configure
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(4) check the Makefile for any extensions or changes you want to make.
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(5) make
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(6) If the compilation succeeds, try ./yap
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(7) Happy? make install
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(8) "make install_info" will create the info files in the standard
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info directory.
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(9) "make html" will create documentation in html format in the
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current directory.
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In most systems you will need to be superuser in order to do "make
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install" and "make info" on the standard directories.
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2.1 Where to install Yap
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YAP uses autoconf. Recent versions of Yap try to follow GNU
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conventions on where to place software. You can use the --prefix
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configure option to set the ROOTDIR macro and the --exec-prefix option
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to set the EROOTDIR macro (for architecture-dependent files). EROOTDIR
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defaults to ROOTDIR.
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o The main executable is placed at BINDIR, which defaults at
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$(EROOTDIR)/bin. This executable is actually a script that calls the
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Prolog engine, stored at YAPLIBDIR.
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o SHAREDIR is the directory where the Prolog libraries are stored.
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Its default value is $(ROOTDIR)/share. The Prolog libraries are
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machine-independent text files that only need to be installed once,
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even on systems where multiple copies of Yap of the same version are
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installed. (e.g. with different configurations or for different
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architectures sharing a file server.)
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o LIBDIR is the directory where binary libraries are stored. It is
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set to $(EROOTDIR)/lib by default. YAPLIBDIR is a subdirectory (by
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default $(EROOTDIR)/lib/Yap) that contains the Prolog engine and the
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binary Prolog libraries.
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o INCLUDEDIR is used if you want to use Yap as a library.
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o INFODIR is where the info help files will be stored. It defaults
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to $(SHAREDIR)/info.
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2.2 Which Yap to compile
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Compiling Yap with the standard options give you a plain vanilla
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Prolog. You can tune Yap to use extra functionality by using the
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following options to configure:
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o --enable-rational-trees=yes gives you support for infinite rational
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trees (enabled by default).
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o --enable-coroutining=yes gives you support for coroutining,
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including freezing of goals, attributed variables, and
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constraints. This will also enable support for infinite rational
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trees (enabled by default).
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o --enable-depth-limit=yes allows depth limited evaluation, say for
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implementing iterative deepening.
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o --enable-low-level-tracer=yes allows support for tracing all calls,
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retries, and backtracks in the system. This can help in debugging your
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application, but results in performance loss.
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o --enable-wam-profile=yes allows profiling of abstract machine
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instructions. This is useful when developing YAP, should not be very
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useful for normal users.
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o --enable-parallelism={env-copy,sba,a-cow} allows or-parallelism
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supported by one of these three forms. This is still highly experimental.
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o --enable-tabling=yes allows tabling support. This is still experimental.
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2.3 Porting Yap
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The system has been mainly tested with GCC, but we have been able to
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compile versions of Yap under lcc in Linux, Sun's cc compiler, IBM's
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xlc, SGI's cc, HP's cc, and Microsoft's Visual C++ 6.0.
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2.3.1 Yap and GCC
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Yap has been developed to take advantage of GCC (but not to depend on
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it). The major advantage of GCC is threaded code and register
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reservation.
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YAP is set by default to compile with the best compilation flags we
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know. Even so, a few specific options can be used depending on the
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architecture:
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2.3.1.1 x86
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The flag:
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YAP_EXTRAS= ... -DBP_FREE=1
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tells us to use the %bp register (frame-pointer) as the emulator's
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program counter. This seems to be stable and should become default
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real soon now.
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2.3.1.2 Sparc/Solaris2
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Use:
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YAP_EXTRAS= ... -mno-app-regs -DOPTIMISE_ALL_REGS_FOR_SPARC=1
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and YAP will get two extra registers! This trick does not work on
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SunOS 4 machines.
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2.3.1.3 Tuning GCC/Yap for your machine model
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Versions of GCC can be tweaked for different processors, eg, 486,
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Pentium, PentiumPro, Ultrasparc, Supersparc. Unfortunately, some of
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these tweaks do may make Yap run slower or not at all in other machines
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with the same instruction set, so they cannot be made default.
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The best options also depends on the version of GCC you are using, and
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it is a good idea to consult the GCC manual under the menus "Invoking
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GCC"/"Submodel Options". We next describe a few:
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(a) GCC up to 2.7.*:
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o 486:
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YAP_EXTRAS= ... -m486 -DBP_FREE=1
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to take advantage of 486 specific optimisations in GCC 2.7.*.
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o Pentium:
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YAP_EXTRAS= ... -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2
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o PentiumPros are known not to require alignment.
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o Super and UltraSparcs:
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YAP_EXTRAS= ... -msupersparc
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(b) GCC 2.8.*, EGCS, GCC 2.95.*
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o Check -march=XXX for fun.
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README for Yap 5.1
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This directory contains a release of the Yap 5.1.* Prolog system,
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originally developed at the Universidade do Porto by Luis Damas and
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Vitor Santos Costa, with contributions from the Edinburgh Prolog
|
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library, the C-Prolog manual authors, Ricardo Lopes, Ricardo Rocha,
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M. Hermenegildo, D. Cabeza, Eric Alphonse, Paulo Moura, Nuno Fonseca,
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Jan Wielemaker, Paul Singleton, Fred Dushin, Jan Wielemaker, Markus
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Triska, and many others. You should read the rest of this file for
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information on what Yap is and for instructions on how to build it.
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YAP 52 is known to build with many versions of gcc (<= gcc-2.7.2, >=
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gcc-2.8.1, >= egcs-1.0.1, gcc-2.95.*) and on a variety of Linux,
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MacOSX, and Unix'es: SunOS 4.1, Solaris 2.*, Irix 5.2, HP-UX 10.20,
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Dec Alpha Unix, Linux 1.2 and Linux 2.* (RedHat 4.0 through 5.2,
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Debian 2.*) in both the x86 and alpha platforms. It has been built on
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Windows XP using cygwin/mingw from Cygnus Solutions. and on MaxO
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The main core of the YAP distribution is distributed under a dual
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license: the Perl Artistic license 2 and the FSF's LGPL. The YAP
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distribution also contains files distributed under the LGPL
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exclusively, and under the GPL.
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The YAP distribution includes several packages ported to Yap, such as
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Pillow, JPL, CLP(R) and CHR. We would like to take the opportunity to
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thank the developers of these packages for their generosity in
|
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allowing YAP to distribute these packages. Any bugs in these packages
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are probably our fault.
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If you have a question about this software, desire to add code, found
|
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a bug, want to request a feature, or wonder how to get further
|
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assistance, please send e-mail to yap-users@lists.sourceforge.net. To
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subscribe to the mailing list or access the list archives, please see
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http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/yap-users
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Online documentation is available for Yap at:
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http://www.ncc.up.pt/~vsc/Yap/
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Recent versions of Yap, including both source and selected binaries,
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can be found from this same URL.
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1. What is YAP
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The Yap Prolog System is a high-performance Prolog compiler developed
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at LIACC, Universidade do Porto. Yap provides several important
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features:
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o speed: Yap is widely considered one of the fastest available Prolog
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systems.
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o functionality: it supports stream I/O, sockets, modules,
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exceptions, Prolog debugger, C-interface, dynamic code, internal
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database, DCGs, saved states, co-routining, arrays.
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o we explicitly allow both commercial and non-commercial use of Yap.
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Yap is based on the David H. D. Warren's WAM (Warren Abstract
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Machine), with several optimizations for better performance. Yap
|
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follows the Edinburgh tradition, and was originally designed to be
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largely compatible with DEC-10 Prolog, Quintus Prolog, and especially
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with C-Prolog.
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Yap implements most of the ISO-Prolog standard. We are striving at
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full compatibility, and the manual describes what is still
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missing. The manual also includes a (largely incomplete) comparison
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with SICStus Prolog.
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2. How to compile YAP
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To compile YAP just do:
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(1) mkdir arch
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(2) cd arch
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(3) ../configure
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(4) check the Makefile for any extensions or changes you want to make.
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(5) make
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(6) If the compilation succeeds, try ./yap
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(7) Happy? make install
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(8) "make install_info" will create the info files in the standard
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info directory.
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(9) "make html" will create documentation in html format in the
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current directory.
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In most systems you will need to be superuser in order to do "make
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install" and "make info" on the standard directories.
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2.1 Where to install Yap
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YAP uses autoconf. Recent versions of Yap try to follow GNU
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conventions on where to place software. You can use the --prefix
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configure option to set the ROOTDIR macro and the --exec-prefix option
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to set the EROOTDIR macro (for architecture-dependent files). EROOTDIR
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defaults to ROOTDIR.
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o The main executable is placed at BINDIR, which defaults at
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$(EROOTDIR)/bin. This executable is actually a script that calls the
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Prolog engine, stored at YAPLIBDIR.
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o SHAREDIR is the directory where the Prolog libraries are stored.
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Its default value is $(ROOTDIR)/share. The Prolog libraries are
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machine-independent text files that only need to be installed once,
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even on systems where multiple copies of Yap of the same version are
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installed. (e.g. with different configurations or for different
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architectures sharing a file server.)
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o LIBDIR is the directory where binary libraries are stored. It is
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set to $(EROOTDIR)/lib by default. YAPLIBDIR is a subdirectory (by
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default $(EROOTDIR)/lib/Yap) that contains the Prolog engine and the
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binary Prolog libraries.
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o INCLUDEDIR is used if you want to use Yap as a library.
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o INFODIR is where the info help files will be stored. It defaults
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to $(SHAREDIR)/info.
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2.2 Which Yap to compile
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Compiling Yap with the standard options give you a plain vanilla
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Prolog. You can tune Yap to use extra functionality by using the
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following options to configure:
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o --enable-rational-trees=yes gives you support for infinite rational
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trees (enabled by default).
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o --enable-coroutining=yes gives you support for coroutining,
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including freezing of goals, attributed variables, and
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constraints. This will also enable support for infinite rational
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trees (enabled by default).
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o --enable-depth-limit=yes allows depth limited evaluation, say for
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implementing iterative deepening.
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o --enable-low-level-tracer=yes allows support for tracing all calls,
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retries, and backtracks in the system. This can help in debugging your
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application, but results in performance loss.
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o --enable-wam-profile=yes allows profiling of abstract machine
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instructions. This is useful when developing YAP, should not be very
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useful for normal users.
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o --enable-parallelism={env-copy,sba,a-cow} allows or-parallelism
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supported by one of these three forms. This is still highly experimental.
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o --enable-tabling=yes allows tabling support. This is still experimental.
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2.3 Porting Yap
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The system has been mainly tested with GCC, but we have been able to
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compile versions of Yap under lcc in Linux, Sun's cc compiler, IBM's
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xlc, SGI's cc, HP's cc, and Microsoft's Visual C++ 6.0.
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2.3.1 Yap and GCC
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Yap has been developed to take advantage of GCC (but not to depend on
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it). The major advantage of GCC is threaded code and register
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reservation.
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YAP is set by default to compile with the best compilation flags we
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know. Even so, a few specific options can be used depending on the
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architecture:
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2.3.1.1 x86
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The flag:
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YAP_EXTRAS= ... -DBP_FREE=1
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tells us to use the %bp register (frame-pointer) as the emulator's
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program counter. This seems to be stable and should become default
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real soon now.
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2.3.1.2 Sparc/Solaris2
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Use:
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YAP_EXTRAS= ... -mno-app-regs -DOPTIMISE_ALL_REGS_FOR_SPARC=1
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and YAP will get two extra registers! This trick does not work on
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SunOS 4 machines.
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2.3.1.3 Tuning GCC/Yap for your machine model
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Versions of GCC can be tweaked for different processors, eg, 486,
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Pentium, PentiumPro, Ultrasparc, Supersparc. Unfortunately, some of
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these tweaks do may make Yap run slower or not at all in other machines
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with the same instruction set, so they cannot be made default.
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The best options also depends on the version of GCC you are using, and
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it is a good idea to consult the GCC manual under the menus "Invoking
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GCC"/"Submodel Options". We next describe a few:
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(a) GCC up to 2.7.*:
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o 486:
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YAP_EXTRAS= ... -m486 -DBP_FREE=1
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to take advantage of 486 specific optimisations in GCC 2.7.*.
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o Pentium:
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YAP_EXTRAS= ... -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2
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o PentiumPros are known not to require alignment.
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o Super and UltraSparcs:
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YAP_EXTRAS= ... -msupersparc
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(b) GCC 2.8.*, EGCS, GCC 2.95.*
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o Check -march=XXX for fun.
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