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From: rick@zeek.UUCP (Rick Wilhelm)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: new OO books
Keywords: books
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Date: 10 Nov 89 01:04:47 GMT
Organization: Andersen Consulting, Chicago, IL
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I just received the mailing for a CS book club that I belong to,
and two new OO books are among the featured selections this month.

_Object-Oriented Environment in C++_ David Hu, Oct 89 MIS Press
_Object-Oriented Analysis_ Peter Coad and Ed Yourdon, Oct 89 Prentice Hall
 
The flyer says that:
"David Hu is a programmer with Baldur Systems Corp., and the
author of _C/C++ for Expert Systems_"

"Peter Coad is a recognized authority and advisor on the pragmatic
application of software development methods."

"Ed Yourdon is widely known and the developer of the 'Yourdon
Methodology' of structured systems analysis and design." 

Has anyone read these books and have an opinion on them?
I realize that they are brand new, but maybe some of you have seen
pre-release copies or are familiar with the authors and their theories.

Another question:  Does Ed Yourdon have the qualifications to write
an OOD book considering that he also wrote _Modern Structured Analysis_?
Is it possible that his ideas won't be purely OO?
(Just speculation, no slander intended.)

Having seen plenty of sub-par OO books, I am wary of shelling out
dead presidents on others.  But I have also spent money wisely on
Lippman, Meyer, and others.

What makes these books a good or bad investment?

Please post or mail any thoughts.

Thanks,

rick 
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