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// Tower of Hanoi Puzzle

// Rules
hanoi(return, source, target, auxiliary) >< (int n)
| n==0 => return~[], Eps~source, Eps~target, Eps~auxiliary
| _    => source ~ dup(src1, dup(src2, src3)),
         target ~ dup(tgt1, dup(tgt2, tgt3)),
         auxiliary ~ dup(aux1, aux2),
         hanoi(ret1, src1, aux1, tgt1)~(n-1),
         hanoi(ret2, aux2, tgt2, src2)~(n-1),
         return << Append(ret1, (n,src3,tgt3):ret2);

dup(a,b)><A => a~A, b~A;
dup(a,b)><B => a~B, b~B;
dup(a,b)><C => a~C, b~C;
Eps><A =>;
Eps><B =>;
Eps><C =>;


// Net
hanoi(result, A, C, B) ~ 3;
result; // should be [(1,A,C),(2,A,B),(1,C,B),(3,A,C),(1,B,A),(2,B,C),(1,A,C)]


// These are also written using abbreviation as follows:
//   hanoi(return, source, target, auxiliary) >< (int n)
//   | n==0 => return~[], << Eps(source), << Eps(target), << Eps(auxiliary)
//   | _    => src1, dup(src2, src3) << dup(source),
//            tgt1, dup(tgt2, tgt3) << dup(target),
//            aux1, aux2 << dup(auxiliary),
//            ret1 << hanoi(src1, aux1, tgt1, n-1),
//            ret2 << hanoi(aux2, tgt2, src2, n-1),
//            return << Append(ret1, (n,src3,tgt3):ret2);
//
//   result << hanoi(A, C, B, 3);
//   result;