/* A program to solve the 8-queens problem */ let var N := 8 type intArray = array of int var row := intArray [ N ] of 0 var col := intArray [ N ] of 0 var diag1 := intArray [N+N-1] of 0 var diag2 := intArray [N+N-1] of 0 function printboard() = ( for i := 0 to N-1 do ( for j := 0 to N-1 do print(if col[i]=j then " O" else " ."); print("\n") ); print("\n") ) function try(c:int) = ( /* for i:= 0 to c do print("."); print("\n"); flush();*/ if c=N then printboard() else for r := 0 to N-1 do if row[r]=0 & diag1[r+c]=0 & diag2[r+7-c]=0 then ( row[r] := 1; diag1[r+c] := 1; diag2[r+7-c] := 1; col[c] := r; try(c+1); row[r] := 0; diag1[r+c] := 0; diag2[r+7-c] := 0 ) ) in try(0) end