The Power of Prolog
The Power of Prolog by Markus Triskaby Markus Triska
Shares rank 59 of 115 programming books by recommenders
Free online book that grounds Prolog's mental model and gives authoritative, accurate modern information about the language.
Free online book that grounds Prolog's mental model and gives authoritative, accurate modern information about the language.
4 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Grounds Prolog's mental model clearly
“crisply grounds Prolog's mental model and introduces standard conventions”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “My Gripes with Prolog” Authoritative and accurate modern information
“authoritative and accurate modern information about the language”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “The Birth of Prolog (1996)” Useful resource for this subject
“a super useful resource for all this stuff”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “My Gripes with Prolog”
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| The Power of Prologby Markus TriskaThis page | 4 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“authoritative and accurate modern information about the language”
“a super useful resource for all this stuff”
“https://www.metalevel.at/prolog”
“crisply grounds Prolog's mental model and introduces standard conventions”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.