CLP(R)

Constraint Logic Programming (Real).

A constraint logic programming language with real

arithmetic constraints developed by Joxan Jaffar

[e-mail] of IBM TJWRC and S. Michaylov of

Monash University in 1986.

The implementation contains a byte-code compiler and a

built-in constraint solver which deals with linear arithmetic

and contains a mechanism for delaying nonlinear constraints

until they become linear. Since CLP(R) is a superse of

PROLOG, the system is also usable as a general-purpose

logic programming language. There are also powerful

facilities for meta programming with constraints.

Significant CLP(R) applications have been published in diverse

areas such as molecular biology, finance and physical

modelling.

Version 1.2 for Unix, MS-DOS and OS/2 is available from

the authors. It is free for academic and research purposes.

E-mail: Roland Yap [e-mail].

["The CLP(R) Language and System", J. Jaffar et al, IBM RR

RC16292 (#72336) (Nov 1990)].

(1992-10-14)