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From: norm@oglvee.UUCP (Norman Joseph)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Good book/references on OODBMS?
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Date: 8 Aug 90 14:11:39 GMT
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In <78@towernet.UUCP> haim@taichi.uucp (24122-Haim Kilov(3786)m000) writes:

>B.Meyer. Object-oriented software construction. Prentice-Hall, 1988.

ISBN # 0-13-629049-3, # 0-13-629031-0 paperback.

>{Note: This is _not_ a book about Eiffel.}

I have to pick a small nit here:  This book is -very much- about the
Eiffel language.

No, its not -just- a book on Eiffel.  It is also a solid introduction
to the concepts, issues, and techniques of object-oriented design.  But,
I just think that for any book with chapters such as:

        5)  Basic Elements of Eiffel programming
        8)  More aspects of Eiffel
        15) Implementation: the Eiffel programming environment

and Appendixes like:

        A)  Extracts from the Eiffel library
        B)  Eiffel: a quick overview
        C)  Eiffel grammar
        D)  Reserved words and special symbols
        E)  Input, output and strings

it's more than a little misleading to say that "This is _not_ a book
about Eiffel."

Don't get me wrong -- I haven't anything against this (I'm waiting
patiently :-) for the DOS implementation of Eiffel to sink my teeth
into myself).  I just think a little clarification is required here.
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