The first chapter or two could have made an interesting magazine article. The book as a whole is otherwise empty of any useful content.The author wishes to impress us that he has heard of every computer term, and continually trots these out in no particular order and mostly not in context.His message boils down to:- AI has some uses today, and the AI/Expert System vendors are worth looking to for a programming tool to address today's programming needs. There you are, there is no need for you to read the book now!