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From: larryo@well.sf.ca.us (Larry O'Brien)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Advice on design
Message-ID: <20098@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 1 Sep 90 18:59:30 GMT
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steve@Pkg.Mcc.COM (Steve Madere) writes:

>We're overlooking a very important and useful source of program design
>advice here.

>Computer Language Magazine.

>Simply put, it is the best, up to date, source of design advice
>I have ever seen.

>I believe that the June or July issue has an article specifically on
>object oriented design.  ie.  How to get into an OO frame of mind.

>Steve Madere
Steve,
	Thanks, the check's in the mail.  
	
	Seriously, COMPUTER LANGUAGE has for the last 18 months been 
repositioning itself as a magazine about "the other 80% of your time" (not 
spent writing new code, but on analysis, design, integration, and all that 
ugly stuff about programming in "the real world.")  We've printed and are
continuing to print as many articles on analysis and design as we can.  Our
October issue features Meilir Page-Jones, Larry Constantine, and Steve Weiss'
new "Uniform Object Notation."  And our 4th annual January Analysis & Design
is going to have an even more all-star lineup than we did last January when we
had Constantine, Yourdon, and Plauger all in the same issue.  
	On the other hand, we're committed to publishing articles from the
front-line; we aren't an academic journal.  We're looking for articles from
the real world on issues such as analysis, design, programming team
strategies,
designing for maintainability, integration techniques, quality assurance, 
tech support strategies, marketing experience, mixed language programming, 
re-engineering, and just about anything else you can think of that isn't 
Yet Another "Programming TSRs" Article.
	Larry O'Brien
	Editor, COMPUTER LANGUAGE