Welcome to SWI-Prolog (Multi-threaded, 64 bits, Version 6.6.4) Copyright (c) 1990-2013 University of Amsterdam, VU Amsterdam SWI-Prolog comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Please visit http://www.swi-prolog.org for details. For help, use ?- help(Topic). or ?- apropos(Word). ?- consult('prolang.pl'). % prolang.pl compiled 0.00 sec, 10 clauses true. ?- listing. language(smalltalk). language(lisp). language(prolog). :- thread_local thread_message_hook/3. :- dynamic thread_message_hook/3. :- volatile thread_message_hook/3. essence(smalltalk, objects, 'message passing'). essence(lisp, lists, 'recursive functions'). essence(prolog, relations, 'logical inferencing'). history(smalltalk, inventor('Alan Kay'), date(1980)). history(lisp, inventor('John McCarthy'), date(1959)). history(prolog, inventor('Alan Comeraur'), date(1971)). true. ?- halt.