
Founder connections
- Patrick CollisonRead; part of an influential clusterNamed among programming books that collectively shaped him in the 2018 Knowledge Project interview. Edition not identified.Source
Summary
Peter Norvig teaches Common Lisp through the reconstruction of substantial artificial intelligence programs. The cases connect language features with program design, debugging, efficiency and AI techniques. The book moves from introductory Lisp and early AI programs to more advanced systems, with an emphasis on software that works at a useful scale.
Why read it Our view
Build and debug substantial Lisp systems through worked AI program-design cases.