shite@unf7.UUCP (Stephen Hite) (06/28/90)
Put "Object Oriented Design With Applications" by Grady Booch on your
"A+ shelf" right next to the others that are already there :-) ("C++ Primer"
by Stanley Lippman, "C++ Answer Book" by Tony Hansen, the new annotated
C++ reference by Bjarne and "Object-oriented Software Construction by
Bertrand Meyer).
It reads very well for me...almost reminiscent in its ease of explanation
as Andy Tanenbaum's Operating System book (Minix). Booch has a great
command of references that blend well with his explanations. The bibliography
is also truly amazing...I know, I'm probably sounding naieve...but it's
fun learning from someone who knows what they're talking about!
...Now, if only Andy Koenig would write a "C++ Traps and Pitfalls" book...
I would achieve total nirvana! :-)
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Steve Hite
...gatech!uflorida!unf7!shitewlp@calmasd.Prime.COM (Walter Peterson) (06/28/90)
Yes, Grady Booch's new book is very good, but aside from the minor complaints that are normal for any book, I have one VERY major complaint. The type face that is used for example code is HORRID! There is absolutely no space what so ever between the characters. This running together of characters is bad enough for the normal type, on boldface it is almost unreadable. This book has a lot of good information in it; reading it should be a pleasant experience. This very poor choice of type make it a chore and an unpleasant one at that. Booch's new volume should be on everyone's book shelf, but it really needs to go to a second printing to correct this type face. -- "Exploring the consensual hallucination of cyberspace." Walt Peterson. wlp@calmasd.Prime.COM "The opinions expressed here are my own."
carroll@paul.rutgers.edu (V. I. Lenin) (06/29/90)
> ...the new annotated > C++ reference by Bjarne... More specifically, Bjarne and Margaret Ellis. -- martin
tom@hcx2.csd.harris.com (Tom Horsley) (06/29/90)
>>>>> Regarding Re: Grady Booch's OOD book is excellent!; wlp@calmasd.Prime.COM (Walter Peterson) adds: wlp> Yes, Grady Booch's new book is very good, but aside from the minor wlp> complaints that are normal for any book, I have one VERY major wlp> complaint. wlp> The type face that is used for example code is HORRID! There is wlp> absolutely no space what so ever between the characters. This running wlp> together of characters is bad enough for the normal type, on boldface wlp> it is almost unreadable. Yep, the book is excellent (especially having examples in lots of different object systems C++, CLOS, etc), but I object to more than just the font for examples. The copyright page says: Camera-ready copy for this book was prepared on a Macintosh II using Microsoft Word and Adobe Illustrator. I think the whole book format and layout is suffering from a fairly bad case of rampant featurism. There are boxes and lines around everything (even boxes that are split across pages no less). Absolutely everything has its own different font. It's not printed in pink and green ink, but it sometimes comes close to being that distracting. Personally, I would tend to blame the publisher for this (Benjamin/Cummings). Publishers are supposed to employ editors and book designers whose job it is to make the book look good without distracting the reader from the actual content. I think they fell down on the job on this one. Nevertheless, the book itself seems to be pretty good, although I am far from finished reading it. -- ====================================================================== domain: tahorsley@csd.harris.com USMail: Tom Horsley uucp: ...!uunet!hcx1!tahorsley 511 Kingbird Circle Delray Beach, FL 33444 +==== Censorship is the only form of Obscenity ======================+ | (Webster's definition of obscene: Offensive to decency.) | +====================================================================+
jimad@microsoft.UUCP (Jim ADCOCK) (06/30/90)
In article <272@unf7.UUCP> shite@unf7.UUCP (Stephen Hite) writes: | Put "Object Oriented Design With Applications" by Grady Booch on your |"A+ shelf" right next to the others that are already there :-) ("C++ Primer" |by Stanley Lippman, "C++ Answer Book" by Tony Hansen, the new annotated |C++ reference by Bjarne and "Object-oriented Software Construction by |Bertrand Meyer). .... Generally Agreed. | |...Now, if only Andy Koenig would write a "C++ Traps and Pitfalls" book... |I would achieve total nirvana! :-) Also agreed. In fact, too bad Koenig didn't write "C++ Traps..." before Booch wrote his "OODWA" -- Booch falls into the slicing trap in his examples. So, I like OODWA a lot, I think its a great book -- just don't try to learn C++ from it! Learn "object oriented programming" from it instead.
horstman@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Cay Horstmann) (07/01/90)
In article <Jun.28.20.01.03.1990.2221@paul.rutgers.edu> carroll@paul.rutgers.edu (V. I. Lenin) writes: >> ...the new annotated >> C++ reference by Bjarne... > >More specifically, Bjarne and Margaret Ellis. > Who is Bjarne Ellis? Cay