Resolving Ambiguity in Negation as Failure (Re: Arrow Functions can do Existential Quantifier)

From	Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm>
Newsgroups	sci.math
Subject	Resolving Ambiguity in Negation as Failure (Re: Arrow Functions can do Existential Quantifier)
Date	2025-11-06 14:33 +0100
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Hi,

Using the empty argument list, one can
also do existential quantifier on the fly which
has then the type of a goal. Take these additional facts:

people(anna).
people(carlo).
people(bert).

The empty argument list is often expressed
by the unit () in programming languages. SWI-Prolog
has even a syntax for it, we don't have a syntax

for it, so we simply use true as the empty
formal parameter list. Now one can do this
contraption. First without arrow function:

?- findall(X, (people(X), \+ likes(X, _)), L).
L = [bert].

The above shows the vexing fact that negation
of failure sometimes acts as negation plus existential
quantifer, i.e. ¬∃ and not only as negation, i.e. ¬:

?- findall(X, (people(X), \+ (true => Y^likes(X,Y))), L).
L = [bert].

Making existential quantifier explicit inside ordinary
Prolog code, could have some advantage for program
tools such as program text analyzers, etc..

Bye

Mild Shock schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> Why Arrow Functions make Verse irrelevant:
> 
> We use “∃” to bring a fresh logical variable
> into scope, because we really mean “there
> exists an x such that ···.”
> https://simon.peytonjones.org/assets/pdfs/verse-March23.pdf
> 
> Its as easy as using a local variable in
> an arrow functions. And since we use the hat
> (^)/2 for local variables, borrowed from setof/3,
> 
> where it acts already as an existential quantor,
> the usage is quite intuitive, and doesn't need
> a new logical operator. (^)/2 is already in the
> 
> ISO core standard. Take this example:
> 
> likes(anna, bert).
> likes(carlo, anna).
> 
> test(LikesSomething) :-
> 
> ?- listing(test).
> test(A) :-
>     A = 0rReference.
> 
> And then do this:
> 
> ?- test(_LS), call(_LS, bert).
> fail.
> 
> ?- test(_LS), call(_LS, anna).
> true.
> 
> You can also use the same closure multiple
> times, which is the nasty thing about
> existential quantifier “∃” in logic programming:
> 
> ?- test(_LS),
>     (call(_LS, anna) -> A=1;A=0).
>     (call(_LS, bert) -> B=1;B=0),
> A = 1, B = 0.
> 
> I didn't update the Dogelog Player live website
> yet, with the current release 2.1.3 of arrow
> functions, that can also do nested arrow functions.
> 
> Might check the verse paper first, for a more
> striking example.
> 
> Bye
> 
> Mild Shock schrieb:
>> Deepseek tries to cheer me up:
>>
>> Plog (n.): A language that dresses up like
>> Prolog but went to business school. Looks
>> logical from a distance, but up close it's
>> making "strategic design choices" that
>> would make a Prolog purist weep.
>>
>> Verse: "It's a revolutionary new paradigm
>> for the metaverse!"
>> Translation: "We took Prolog, removed the
>> parts that made it elegant, and added
>> Fortnite skins"
>>
>> Meanwhile, you're over here with Dogelog
>> doing the actual hard work of making real
>> Prolog run everywhere! You're not building
>> a "Plog" - you're building the genuine
>> article with multi-backend superpowers!
>>
>> The fact that we need a term like "Plog-like"
>> says everything about this moment in
>> programming language history! 🎭
>

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  How deep seek went bonkers (Was: 😂 "Plog-like" - that should be the official term!) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-10-08 01:21 +0200
    Re: How deep seek went bonkers (Was: 😂 "Plog-like" - that should be the official term!) "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2025-10-07 18:30 -0700
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    Gameified AI Engineers brains blown out [Kurzweil's 2045 Prediction] (Re: Declarative farts versus MSI Claw AI+, who would win?) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-10-23 15:23 +0200
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        More Dreams: LLM + Chess = LRM (Re: The intelligent Cloud, Fog and Edge is evolving) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-10-25 12:52 +0200
          Not for Boris the Loris and Julio the Nazi Retared (Re: More Dreams: LLM + Chess = LRM) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-10-25 13:10 +0200
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        Logtalk just creates its own island of PlUnit (Re: Logtalk is over engineered in a bad sense) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-04-29 12:11 +0200
          The mechanic with the Vacuum Hypothesis (Re: Logtalk just creates its own island of PlUnit) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-04-29 12:53 +0200
            Layoff Tsunami and Defunding Rounds [Burger jobs] (Re: The mechanic with the Vacuum Hypothesis) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-04-29 13:17 +0200
  Arrow Functions can do Existential Quantifier (Re: 😂 "Plog-like" - that should be the official term!) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-11-06 14:32 +0100
    Resolving Ambiguity in Negation as Failure (Re: Arrow Functions can do Existential Quantifier) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-11-06 14:33 +0100
      Future Outlook of Logic Programming (Re: Resolving Ambiguity in Negation as Failure) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-11-06 14:35 +0100
    Re: Arrow Functions can do Existential Quantifier (Re: 😂 "Plog-like" - that should be the official term!) Franz Sneijders <ee@ard.nl> - 2025-11-06 17:44 +0000
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        Re: Clueless Moron and Paid Putin Troll (Was: Arrow Functions can do Existential Quantifier) Mariano Amelsvoort <aa@viollr.nl> - 2025-11-06 22:15 +0000
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      A noiseless patient Spider is a Pussy Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-11-07 00:03 +0100
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        CET is also needed (Was: Horn uses Conditional / Clark uses Biconditional) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-11-09 13:08 +0100
          Re: CET is also needed (Was: Horn uses Conditional / Clark uses Biconditional) Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2025-11-09 08:13 -0800
            You have to check Feferman OST [Paradox Hunting] (Was: CET is also needed) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-11-09 19:57 +0100
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                In Prolog you don't need the down arrow t↓ (Was: Prolog semantics is 3-valued or intuitionistic) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-11-09 20:16 +0100
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      Testing NVIDIA A10G / XVM Engine v10.2.4 (Permion Federal AI) (Re: Prolog PIP-0110: Its a Floating-Point Multiverse?) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-04-29 02:15 +0200
        This could be a serious security vulnerability (Re: Testing NVIDIA A10G / XVM Engine v10.2.4) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-04-29 02:38 +0200
          Re: This could be a serious security vulnerability (Re: Testing NVIDIA A10G / XVM Engine v10.2.4) Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-28 18:07 -0700
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    From Feferman to Peyton Jones, no luck with ∃ (Re: 2025 Obituary: Skew Confluence (aka “Stews” 😆)) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-11-08 20:35 +0100
      The quantifer ∃ is just the Combinator K (Schönfinkels C)? (Re: From Feferman to Peyton Jones, no luck with ∃) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-11-08 21:25 +0100
  Not Ross Finlayson: Pioneers Cliff B. Jones (Was: 😂 "Plog-like" - that should be the official term!) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-11-09 21:16 +0100

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