%query: conf(i). /* variant of example from * Stefaan Decorte, Danny De Schreye, Henk Vandecasteele, 1997 * using cons and nil instead of [_|_] and [] */ conf(X) :- del2(X,Z), del(U,Y,Z), conf(Y). del2(X,Y) :- del(U,X,Z), del(V,Z,Y). del(X,cons(X,T),T). del(X,cons(H,T),cons(H,T1)) :- del(X,T,T1). s2l(s(X),cons(Y,Xs)):- s2l(X,Xs). s2l(0, nil). goal(X) :- s2l(X,XS), conf(XS).