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=={{header|Prolog}}==
=={{header|Prolog}}==
{{works with|SWI Prolog}}
{{works with|SWI Prolog}}
<lang prolog>ack(0, N, Ans) :- Ans is N+1.
<lang prolog>:- table ack/3. % memoization reduces the execution time of ack(4,1,X) from several
% minutes to about one second on a typical desktop computer.
ack(0, N, Ans) :- Ans is N+1.
ack(M, 0, Ans) :- M>0, X is M-1, ack(X, 1, Ans).
ack(M, 0, Ans) :- M>0, X is M-1, ack(X, 1, Ans).
ack(M, N, Ans) :- M>0, N>0, X is M-1, Y is N-1, ack(M, Y, Ans2), ack(X, Ans2, Ans).</lang>
ack(M, N, Ans) :- M>0, N>0, X is M-1, Y is N-1, ack(M, Y, Ans2), ack(X, Ans2, Ans).</lang>