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From: bapat@rm1.UUCP (Bapat)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Rumbaugh's Upcoming Book on OO Modeling
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Date: 26 Jul 90 14:32:20 GMT
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I've heard rumors that Prentice Hall is about to publish a book on OO Modeling
and Design by James Rumbaugh. Can anyone confirm or deny this, or if you've
read any sneak previews, post an opinion and/or probable release dates?

For those who may not be familiar with Rumbaugh, he has been at GE and working
on OO Design for some time. He's presented what in my opinion is the best
conceptual framework I've seen so far, for folding in ER modeling concepts 
with OO concepts. I consider his OOPSLA 87 paper "Relations as Semantic
Constructs in an Object-Oriented Language" a seminal contribution to modeling,
and if the rumor about the book is true, I'm going to to be the first one
in line waiting to buy it. :-).

Comments/opinions from those familiar with his work are also welcome.
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