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From: mjv@objects.mv.com (Michael J. Vilot)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Advice on design
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Date: 23 Aug 90 23:43:51 GMT
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Anton Aylward asks:
> Can anyone advise me on sources for design

This is an important question, because the short answer is:  No.  I haven't
seen anything written that provides a clear presentation of an approach to
design and programming that is appropriate for C++.

The two that come closest are ``What is Object-Oriented Prgramming?'' by
Bjarne Stroustrup, IEEE Software, May 1988, and the book ``Object-Oriented
Design with Examples in C++'' by Mark Mullin, Addison-Wesley 1989.

The former just begins to address design concerns, and the latter is really
just a warming-over of Smalltalk (some of the code examples will not even
compile).

``Object-Oriented Design with Applications'' by Grady Booch, Benjamin-
Cummings 1990, provides a lot of information about an OOD approach, without
addressing a lot of language details.

I'm looking forward to next month's C++ at Work conference, because several
of the presentations promise to discuss design issues and C++.

EventualIy, think that we will develop an approach to design that is
uniquely suited to C++.  It's still evolving (as is the language), which is
why there isn't much in print.

The C++ Report and C++ Journal are possibly the first places you'll see
such presentations.

--
Mike Vilot,  ObjectWare Inc, Nashua NH
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