rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) (11/02/90)
People, The title says it all... If it were not for me shelling out $35.00 + for Coad/Yourdon's book, I would not be complaining. IT'S MY FAULT. However, I feel compelled to let others know that, Object-Oriented Design with Applications - Grady Booch Is, - Analytical rather than necessarily definitive - Practical rather than ideally conceptual - Artfully written and Illustrative rather than...trivial - A comprehensive book rather than a quick effort to define a standard - GOOD rather than BAAAD! It should be obvious that I prefer the book by Booch rather than Coad/Yourdon. I have spoke with others that feel the same. Do not get me wrong. I mean no harm to the authors. I simply want to warn others that, If you are looking for a brainstorming session on how to draw sketches of objects and the relationships between them -- get Coad/Yourdons book (Haahmmm). However, if you are looking for a very well written book on Concepts, Methods, and Applications of the object oriented model -- GET BOOCHS book. It is a real piece of work with diverse perspectives. For instance, Booch relates Classification to other sciences such as Zoology. Anyway, in summary BOOCH - GOOD! Coad/Yourdon - Get it if you have $$$ to spend and after you have read Booch Hope this Commentary saves some of you some money. <Robert Thompson> Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.smalltalkcomp.lang.c++,comp.lang.objective-c Subject: BOOCH GOOD - COAD/YOURDON BAAAAADDD! Expires: References: Sender: Reply-To: rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) Followup-To: Distribution: world Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI Keywords: People, The title says it all... If it were not for me shelling out $35.00 + for Coad/Yourdon's book, I would not be complaining. IT'S MY FAULT. However, I feel compelled to let others know that, Object-Oriented Design with Applications - Grady Booch Is, - Analytical rather than necessarily definitive - Practical rather than ideally conceptual - Artfully written and Illustrative rather than...trivial - A comprehensive book rather than a quick effort to define a standard - GOOD rather than BAAAD! It should be obvious that I prefer the book by Booch rather than Coad/Yourdon. I have spoke with others that feel the same. Do not get me wrong. I mean no harm to the authors. I simply want to warn others that, If you are looking for a brainstorming session on how to draw sketches of objects and the relationships between them -- get Coad/Yourdons book (Haahmmm). However, if you are looking for a very well written book on Concepts, Methods, and Applications of the object oriented model -- GET BOOCHS book. It is a real piece of work with diverse perspectives. For instance, Booch relates Classification to other sciences such as Zoology. Anyway, in summary BOOCH - GOOD! Coad/Yourdon - Get it if you have $$$ to spend and after you have read Booch Hope this Commentary saves some of you some money. <Robert Thompson> Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.c++ Subject: BOOOCH GOOD! - COAD/YOURDON BAAAAD! Expires: References: Sender: Reply-To: rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) Followup-To: Distribution: world Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI Keywords:
shah1@cbnewsh.att.com (shah.jahan) (11/03/90)
From article <3634@vela.acs.oakland.edu>, by rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson): > People, > > The title says it all... > > If it were not for me shelling out $35.00 + for Coad/Yourdon's > book, I would not be complaining. > > IT'S MY FAULT. > > However, I feel compelled to let others know that, > > Object-Oriented Design with Applications - Grady Booch > > Is, > > - Analytical rather than necessarily definitive > - Practical rather than ideally conceptual > - Artfully written and Illustrative > rather than...trivial > - A comprehensive book > rather than a quick effort to define > a standard > - GOOD rather than BAAAD! > > It should be obvious that I prefer the book by Booch rather > than Coad/Yourdon. I have spoke with others that feel the > same. > > Do not get me wrong. I mean no harm to the authors. > > I simply want to warn others that, > > If you are looking for a brainstorming session on how to > draw sketches of objects and the relationships between > them -- get Coad/Yourdons book (Haahmmm). > > However, if you are looking for a very well written book > on Concepts, Methods, and Applications of the object > oriented model -- GET BOOCHS book. It is a real piece of > work with diverse perspectives. For instance, Booch > relates Classification to other sciences such as Zoology. > > Anyway, in summary > > BOOCH - GOOD! > > Coad/Yourdon - Get it if you have $$$ to spend and > after you have read Booch > > Hope this Commentary saves some of you some money. > > <Robert Thompson> > > Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.smalltalkcomp.lang.c++,comp.lang.objective-c > Subject: BOOCH GOOD - COAD/YOURDON BAAAAADDD! > Expires: > References: > Sender: > Reply-To: rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) > Followup-To: > Distribution: world > Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI > Keywords: > > People, > > The title says it all... > > If it were not for me shelling out $35.00 + for Coad/Yourdon's > book, I would not be complaining. > > IT'S MY FAULT. > > However, I feel compelled to let others know that, > > Object-Oriented Design with Applications - Grady Booch > > Is, > > - Analytical rather than necessarily definitive > - Practical rather than ideally conceptual > - Artfully written and Illustrative > rather than...trivial > - A comprehensive book > rather than a quick effort to define > a standard > - GOOD rather than BAAAD! > > It should be obvious that I prefer the book by Booch rather > than Coad/Yourdon. I have spoke with others that feel the > same. > > Do not get me wrong. I mean no harm to the authors. > > I simply want to warn others that, > > If you are looking for a brainstorming session on how to > draw sketches of objects and the relationships between > them -- get Coad/Yourdons book (Haahmmm). > > However, if you are looking for a very well written book > on Concepts, Methods, and Applications of the object > oriented model -- GET BOOCHS book. It is a real piece of > work with diverse perspectives. For instance, Booch > relates Classification to other sciences such as Zoology. > > Anyway, in summary > > BOOCH - GOOD! > > Coad/Yourdon - Get it if you have $$$ to spend and > after you have read Booch > > Hope this Commentary saves some of you some money. > > <Robert Thompson> > > Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.c++ > Subject: BOOOCH GOOD! - COAD/YOURDON BAAAAD! > Expires: > References: > Sender: > Reply-To: rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) > Followup-To: > Distribution: world > Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI > Keywords: