Prolog "queens"

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/**
* Prolog code for the 9x9-queens benchmark.
*
* Originally conceived in by Max Bezzel for the 8x8 checker board.
* Used by Edsger Dijkstra to illustrate the
* depth-first backtracking search algorithm.
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% queens
queens :-
dataqueens(X),
search(X, [], _).
% dataqueens(-List)
dataqueens([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]).
/*****************************************************************/
/* The Solver */
/*****************************************************************/
% nodiag(+List, +Integer, +Integer)
nodiag([], _, _).
nodiag([N|L], B, D) :-
D =\= N - B,
D =\= B - N,
D1 is D + 1,
nodiag(L, B, D1).
% qdelete(+List, -Integer, +Integer, -List)
qdelete(L, A, A, L).
qdelete([H|T], X, A, [A|R]) :-
qdelete(T, X, H, R).
% search(+List, +List, -List)
search([], _, []).
search([H|T], History, [Q|M]) :-
qdelete(T, Q, H, L1),
nodiag(History, Q, 1),
search(L1, [Q|History], M).