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From: mjv@objects.mv.com (Michael J. Vilot)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Recommended book for C programmer learning C++
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Date: 21 Nov 90 18:42:39 GMT
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Jim Miller noted:
> Learning to use OOA/OOD/OOL is a different matter and I haven't heard of
> any real clear winners.

I can recommend one book on these topics:
  Object Oriented Design with Applications
  Grady Booch
  Benjamin/Cummings
  ISBN 0-8053-0091-0

I find it valuable for the Bibliography alone.  The book has 3 sections: 
Concepts, Method, and Examples.  Many folks I talk to have found the Concepts
section very helpful.  The method section presents a method that has evolved
over the last 10 years through application on actual software projects.  Some
consider it less rigorous than they would like, but I find it useful and more
comprehensive than other OOD methods.  The examples are fun, because each one
is implemented in a different language: Smalltalk, Object Pascal, C++, CLOS, and
Ada.  I find it entertaining to try to understand the details of the examples in
the languages I'm not fluent in.

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Mike Vilot,  ObjectWare Inc, Nashua NH
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