# The Power of Prolog by Markus Triska

4 Hacker News commenters recommended The Power of Prolog by Markus Triska and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free online book that grounds Prolog's mental model and gives authoritative, accurate modern information about the language.

## Why people recommend it

- Grounds Prolog's mental model clearly (1 comments): "crisply grounds Prolog's mental model and introduces standard conventions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642720))
- Authoritative and accurate modern information (1 comments): "authoritative and accurate modern information about the language" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49013987))
- Useful resource for this subject (1 comments): "a super useful resource for all this stuff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46645959))

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- [Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastering-emacs.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Power+of+Prolog+by+Triska&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Power of Prolog by Markus Triska", https://hackerapproved.com/p/power-of-prolog/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).