Re: Basic books on OOA&D

From: Alan Gauld (alan.gauld_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 10/16/03 

Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 21:54:10 GMT

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:17:22 +1300, "Shane Mingins"
<shanemingins@yahoo.com.clothes> wrote:

> I found OOSC - Bertrand Meyer a difficult read. It was the first OO book I
> read. I am not sure (after a year of other reading) if I would find it
> easier now or not. This is obviously only my experience.

Assuming you have the second (very thick!) edition I'd recommend
going back to it. Its not for beginners IMHO but it is extremely
comprehensive and very well written - with a lot of humor too!
At the time of writing it was the best round up of OO thinking
available, most of it is still current.

Alan g
Author of the Learn to Program website
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld

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