It has been our goal to give the reader an understanding of, not only the power and beauty of the programming languages Prolog, Lisp, and Java, but also of the intellectual depth involved in mastering...

It has been our goal to give the reader an understanding of, not only the power and beauty of the programming languages Prolog, Lisp, and Java, but also of the intellectual depth involved in mastering them. This mastery involves the languages syntax and semantics, the understanding of its idioms of use, and the ability to project those idioms into the patterns of design and implementation that define a well-written program.