Infix-to-prefix notation (Or: Why doesn't C-Prolog's "display" work?)

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From: Rajiv Sarathy
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1988 00:16

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According to Clocksin & Mellish, AND according to the C-Prolog user's manual,
"display(X) is supposed to display X "on the terminal in standard parenthe-
sized prefix notation".

The example on page 99 of the edition I have of C & M says that

?- display(a+b*c*c).

	should return

+(a,*(*(b,c),c))
yes

	However, the implementation of C-Prolog I'm using (on a SUN 3/280, if
it matters) merely returns X.

Does someone have the definition of the "display" predicate?
Thanks a lot in advance,

--Raj

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|  Disclaimer:  I'm just an undergrad.                                         |
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|  Rajiv Partha Sarathy                   sarathy@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca         |
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