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In this paper we report on our experiment on Prolog compiler technology. Targeted properties of the compiler are efficiency and portability. The generated code attained so far is efficient enough to gain more than 1 MEGA LIPS on IBM 3090. One of the specialities of the compiler is in the intermediate Virtual Prolog Machine Code, which enhanced efficiency and portability. Another advantage of the compiler is to generate PL.8 code which can be used on multiple machines including the IBM 370 and IBM RT-PC. We also introduce some declarative extensions , which are compatible with Prolog and powerful enough to produce efficient code.
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Komatsu, H., Tamura, N., Asakawa, Y., Kurokawa, T. (1987). An optimizing prolog compiler. In: Wada, E. (eds) Logic Programming '86. LP 1986. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 264. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-18024-9_26
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