Artificial intelligence research has thrived in the years since this best-selling AI classic was first published. The revision encompasses these advances by adapting its coding to Common Lisp, the well-documented language standard, and by bringing together even more useful programming tools. Today's programmers in AI will find this volume's superior coverage of programming techniques and easily applicable style anything but common.
This is the book that got me thinking in Lisp. As I "got it" I stopped programming in Lisp and started metaprogramming using Lisp to write the bulk of my Lisp code which was then correct by construction and much more malleable. The found the later edition showcasing Common Lisp to lack this enlightening quality.