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It should be noted that under the open access tab one can download the book. Aside from being one of my favorite programming books ever, and on par with SICP a
by nextos 6y ago
It should be noted that under the open access tab one can download the book.
Aside from being one of my favorite programming books ever, and on par with SICP and PAIP I think, the font they used is really beautiful [1]. The PDF perhaps does not do it justice. On paper it's really crisp and pleasant to read.
I hope MIT Press opens up The Craft of Prolog [2] too, a fantastic sequel to The Art of Prolog.
[1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/lucida-bright https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/lucida...
[2] https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/craft-prolog https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/craft-prolog
- jml7c5 6y agoIt looks like the PDF is a 1-bit scan, so the text is a bit wobbly. Though I concur that Lucida Bright is lovely. I wonder if the MIT Press — or the author — has the source files (presumably LaTeX) somewhere. It would be a shame to have a low-quality scan as the "definitive" archived version.
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- imglorp 6y agoThe flyleaf (first ed, 3rd printing, 1986) says This book was set in TeX by Sarah Fliegelmann at the Weizmann Institute of Science and printed and bound by MIT Press That might be another lead.
- transfire 6y agoI couldn't find it under Open Access. It's unfortunate. At a $104 I can't afford to buy. But I would love to read -- I would gladly pay $20 or so for an ebook.
- tzot 6y agoDon't try to locate it in “Open Access” at the top. Look the page in a desktop browser. Directly below the book's cover, there's a “Resources”. To the right of that “Resources”, there are “Overview”, “Author(s)”, “Open Access”; and that “Open Access” is the one you want.
- quickthrower2 6y agoSkip to page 42 for the start. Unless you want to read the forwards and prefaces.
- znpy 6y agothanks mate! I was already heading over to thepiratebay!