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# threads - tak

This folder contains single-threaded and multi-threaded implementations
of the Takeuchi function (recursive arithmetic). The multi-threaded version
uses three threads per recursive call.

NOTE: some example queries below use a proprietary predicate `time/1` in
order to get accurate goal times. This predicate is found on several Prolog
systems. For other Prolog compilers, replace the `time/1` call by any
appropriate timing calls (e.g., `cputime/0`).

Print Logtalk, Prolog backend, and kernel versions (if running as a notebook):

```logtalk
%versions
```

Load the example:

```logtalk
logtalk_load(tak(loader)).
```

Single-threaded version:

```logtalk
time(tak(1)::tak(18, 12, 6, R)).
```

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% 254,476 inferences, 0.06 CPU in 0.07 seconds (91% CPU, 4241267 Lips)

R = 7.
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Multi-threaded version:

```logtalk
time(tak(3)::tak(18, 12, 6, R)).
```

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% 714 inferences, 0.06 CPU in 0.05 seconds (121% CPU, 11900 Lips)

R = 7.
-->

Single-threaded version:

```logtalk
time(tak(1)::tak(21, 14, 7, R)).
```

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% 1,583,068 inferences, 0.52 CPU in 0.61 seconds (86% CPU, 3044362 Lips)

R = 14.
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Multi-threaded version:

```logtalk
time(tak(3)::tak(21, 14, 7, R)).
```

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% 106 inferences, 0.48 CPU in 0.38 seconds (127% CPU, 221 Lips)

R = 14.
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