Humourous explanation of backtracking in Prolog

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From: Jacob Levy
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 1991 16:59

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Backtracking in Prolog: You attempt to shoot yourself in the
foot, but the bullet, failing to find its mark, backtracks into
the barrel of your gun where it finally explodes in your face.

--JYL

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