[comp.lang.misc] Reference for Object Oriented Programming

uday@mips.COM (Robert Redford) (11/22/88)

       I'm looking for a concise  object oriented programming 
       reference that emphasize concepts and is not too
       close to any language. 

       Most of the books that I saw on this topic describe a 
       particular language without giving language-independent 
       overview of the concepts.


                                            ..Uday

hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin) (11/23/88)

>       I'm looking for a concise  object oriented programming 
>       reference that emphasize concepts and is not too
>       close to any language. 

I have been very impressed by Bertrand Meyer's _Object_Oriented_
Software_Contruction_.  Any book that gets into some detail 
needs a language in which to express examples.  This one uses 
Eiffel, but I have not found this a problem even though I'm 
currently learning C++.  I use Dr. Meyer's book for concepts and
C++ books for language details.

John Hardin
hardin%hpindda@hplabs.hp.com

uday@mips.COM (Robert Redford) (11/24/88)

        I received 6 responses to my query. And all of them recommended  
        Bertrand Meyer's book- Object Oriented Software Construction.

        Thanks to all those who responded,

                                           
                                       ..Uday