eazar001

The SWI-Prolog ecosystem supports some probabilistic extensions such as http://www.swi-prolog.org/pack/list?p=ccprism, and http://www.swi-prolog.org/pack/list?p=cplint.

Also, the (!/0) operator allows you to prune choice-points and control backtracking so that it is not unconditional. Many Prolog implementations support (->/2) operator, as well as ((*->)/2) -- the soft cut, for more fine-grained control. SWI has a nice library for even further control over backtracking as well: http://www.swi-prolog.org/pldoc/man?section=solutionsequence....

Also good Prolog programmers usually are not overly concerned with backtracking, as they usually have strong knowledge of modes and determinism. See: http://www.swi-prolog.org/pldoc/man?section=modes. This is mostly second-nature to a skilled Prolog developer.