- Hardcover: 552 pages
- Publisher: MIT Press; 2nd Revised edition edition (21 April 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0262193388
- ISBN-13: 978-0262193382
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 20.3 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,055,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This edition of "The Art of Prolog" contains a number of important changes. Most background sections at the end of each chapter have been updated to take account of important recent research results, the references have been expanded, and more advanced exercises have been added which have been used successfully in teaching the course. Part II, The Prolog Language, has been modified to be compatible with the new Prolog standard, and the chapter on program development has been significantly altered: the predicates defined have been moved to more appropriate chapters, the section on efficiency has been moved to the considerably expanded chapter on cuts and negation, and a new section has been added on stepwise enhancement - a systematic way of constructing Prolog programs developed by Leon Sterling. All but one of the chapters in Part III, Advanced Prolog Programming Techniques, have been substantially changed, with some major rearrangements. A new chapter on interpreters describes a rule language and interpreter for expert systems, which better illustrates how Prolog should be used to construct expert systems. The chapter on program transformation is completely new and the chapter on logic grammars adds new material for recognizing simple languages, showing how grammars apply to more computer science examples.
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Leon S. Sterling is Director of eResearch and Chair of Software Innovation and Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He is the coauthor of The Art of Prolog (second edition, MIT Press, 1994) and the editor of The Practice of Prolog (MIT Press, 1990).
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I can't think of a single bad thing to say about this book. The writing is clear, the examples numerous and interesting, and topics are covered thoroughly. There are exercises of various levels of difficulty. Very suitable for self study.
Format:Paperback
Prolog is a beautiful language, and this is a beautiful book.
Gentle, thorough, with many interesting examples, it emphasis
strongly Prolog as a Logic Programming Language. Gorgeous typography,
lovely cover.
I agree with O'Keefe: 'The Craft of Prolog' that it is a perfect second
book on Prolog after Clocksin and Mellish: 'Programming in Prolog' because it grounds
the knowledge gained whilst reading their less rigorous tutorial introduction.
I doubt you will be disappointed with your purchase.
Gentle, thorough, with many interesting examples, it emphasis
strongly Prolog as a Logic Programming Language. Gorgeous typography,
lovely cover.
I agree with O'Keefe: 'The Craft of Prolog' that it is a perfect second
book on Prolog after Clocksin and Mellish: 'Programming in Prolog' because it grounds
the knowledge gained whilst reading their less rigorous tutorial introduction.
I doubt you will be disappointed with your purchase.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Superb
5 Oct 1998
Format:Hardcover
I can't think of a single bad thing to say about this book. The writing is clear, the examples numerous and interesting, and topics are covered thoroughly. There are exercises of various levels of difficulty. Very suitable for self study.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Gentle and comprehensive
12 Aug 2002
Format:Hardcover
If you have previous programming experience, Prolog will be quite a challenge. Logic programming is very different from functional or imperative, and will definitely be a major culture shock.
The first part of the book introduces the concepts of logic programming at the right pace, giving you time to assimilate everything. The second part contains several applications of Prolog.
This is a great first book on Prolog and will certainly help you `getting it'.
19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
One of the 4 best books on computer programming
15 Feb 2005
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This, to me, is one of the 4 best books on computer programming. Unfortunately, it is hard. Not because the book is poorly written - it is like a wonderful story, but because understanding how to think declaratively after being taught something like C or Java is like someone giving you a pair of wings when you're a mudfish.
Thinking declaratively changes how you think about problems and how you write code. It's a career changing experience. This book leads the way.
Top 4:
* Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (Sussman, Abelson)
* The Art of Prolog by Sterling/Shapiro
* Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen, etc.
* Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming by Van Roy and Haridi
Thinking declaratively changes how you think about problems and how you write code. It's a career changing experience. This book leads the way.
Top 4:
* Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (Sussman, Abelson)
* The Art of Prolog by Sterling/Shapiro
* Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen, etc.
* Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming by Van Roy and Haridi
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