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# elephants

This is a simple example illustrating the concept of _prototypes_ using
elephants. A similar example is often found in knowledge representation
discussions.

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

```logtalk
%versions
```

Start by loading the example:

```logtalk
logtalk_load(elephants(loader)).
```

Prototypes are neither instances or classes but either standalone objects
as `clyde`, our prototypical but concrete elephant:

```logtalk
clyde::number_of_legs(N).
```

<!--
N = 4.
-->

```logtalk
clyde::color(C).
```

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C = grey.
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Or objects that are derived from other prototypes as `fred`, which is
like `clyde` except in his color:

```logtalk
fred::number_of_legs(N).
```

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N = 4.
-->

```logtalk
fred::color(C).
```

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C = white.
-->
