begin;
    comment 
    		FIND A SOLUTION FOR THE `N QUEEN' PROBLEM.
    		(GOT THE ALGORITHM FROM A MODULA PROGRAM FROM
    		 MARTIN NEITZEL).
    	
    ;
    integer N, MAXN;
    MAXN := 9;
    comment  MAXIMUM SIZE
    ;
    N := 2;
    comment  CURRENT SIZE
    ;
    TRYNEXTN: begin;
        integer array COLUMN[1 : N];
        Boolean array EMPCOL[1 : N];
        Boolean array EMPUP[-N + 1 : N - 1];
        Boolean array EMPDO[2 : 2  N];
        integer I;
        procedure PRINT;
        comment 
        		PRINT THE CURRENT SOLUTION IN A CHESSBOARD ALIKE
        		PICTURE ;
        begin;
            integer I, J;
            procedure OUTFRAME;
            begin;
                integer I;
                for I := 1 step 1 until N do
                  OUTSTRING(1, `+---');
                OUTSTRING(1, `+\N');
            end ;
            OUTSTRING(1, `SEE:\N');
            for J := 1 step 1 until N do
              begin;
                OUTFRAME;
                OUTSTRING(1, `|');
                for I := 1 step 1 until N do
                  begin;
                    if N + 1 - J = COLUMN[I] then OUTSTRING(1, ` Q |') else OUTSTRING(1, `   |');
                end ;
                OUTSTRING(1, `\N');
            end ;
            OUTFRAME;
        end ;
        procedure SET(X); 
          value X;
          integer X;
        begin;
            integer Y;
            for Y := 1 step 1 until N do
              begin;
                if EMPCOL[Y]  EMPUP[X - Y]  EMPDO[X + Y] then begin;
                    COLUMN[Y] := X;
                    EMPCOL[Y] := false;
                    EMPUP[X - Y] := false;
                    EMPDO[X + Y] := false;
                    if X = N then goto GOTONE else SET(X + 1);
                    EMPDO[X + Y] := true;
                    EMPUP[X - Y] := true;
                    EMPCOL[Y] := true;
                    COLUMN[Y] := 0;
                end ;
            end ;
        end ;
        comment 
        		MAIN PROGRAM START
        	
        ;
        OUTSTRING(1, `LOOKING ONTO A ');
        OUTINTEGER(1, N);
        OUTSTRING(1, ` X ');
        OUTINTEGER(1, N);
        OUTSTRING(1, ` CHESSBOARD...\N');
        for I := 1 step 1 until N do
          begin;
            COLUMN[I] := 0;
            EMPCOL[I] := true;
        end ;
        for I := -N + 1 step 1 until N - 1 do
          EMPUP[I] := true;
        for I := 2 step 1 until 2  N do
          EMPDO[I] := true;
        SET(1);
        OUTSTRING(1, `NO SOLUTION.\N');
        goto CONTN;
        GOTONE: PRINT;
        CONTN: if N < MAXN then begin;
            N := N + 1;
            goto TRYNEXTN;
        end ;
        OUTSTRING(1, `DONE.\N');
    end ;
end ;