Lambda the Ultimate

Take a look at this crooked timber thread. How well does this phenomenon apply to our field? Why did you decide PLT is cool? Was it because of the writing from a specific school of thought (let's include papers as well as books)? Did they give you the right impression of the field?

The first 10 Prolog Programming Contests took place in Ithaca (1994), Portland (1995), Bonn (1996), Leuven (1997), Manchester (1998), Las Cruces (1999), Paphos (2001), Copenhagen (2002), Mumbay (2003) and Saint-Malo (2004). The contest organisers have written this book, containing the (slightly reworked) questions and an answer (in Prolog of course) for each question... The book is now also freely downloadable on this page.

For your enjoyment...