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% load the example:

?- logtalk_load(pengines(loader)). ...

% try the version that dumps the answers to the current output:

?- dumper::ask. q(a) q(b) q(c) true.

% try the version that allows collecting the answers:

?- engines::(ask(Engine), answers(Engine, Answers)). Engine = 1, Answers = [q(a), q(b), q(c)].

% retrieve answers on demand:

?- engines::ask(my_question). true.

?- write('Doing something else ...'). Doing something else ... true.

?- engines::answer(my_question, Answer). Answer = q(a) .

?- write('Pause for tea ...'). Pause for tea ... true.

?- engines::answer(my_question, Answer). Answer = q(b) .

?- write('Any answers left?'). Any answers left? true.

?- engines::answers(my_question, Answers). Answers = [q(c)].

% use multiple engines concurrently:

?- engines::ask(E2). E2 = 2.

?- engines::ask(E3). E3 = 3.

?- engines::answer(2, A1). A1 = q(a) .

?- engines::answer(3, A2). A2 = q(a) .

?- engines::answer(2, A1). A1 = q(b) ; A1 = q(c) ; false.

?- engines::answer(3, A2). A2 = q(b) .

?- engines::answer(3, A2). A2 = q(c) .

?- engines::answer(3, A2). false.