pcb@cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) (10/24/90)
>In article <975@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM> paul@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM (Paul Siu) writes: >|Hi, I am trying to understand the concept of Object Oriented Programming. >|.... >|If possible, the book or magazine should have the following: >| >| 1. General, I don't want a book to teach me C++, or Smalltalk. >| I want to understand OOP, I am not sure I want to program in it yet. > >Most OOPL books are written by one or another language fanatics. For a book >that is relatively language neutral see: > >Try Booch's "Object Oriented Design" Peter Wegner has put out several papers on intro to OO. A new journal under the sigplan realm call OOPS Messenger just came out this week. The whole first issue is a paper written by Wegner (actually its a combination of three that I have from him already). It contains basic terminilogy and some advanced stuff but it is pretty comprehensive. Hope this helps. /*----------- Thanks in advance... --------------------------------------+ | Peter C. Bahrs | | The USL-NASA Project | | Center For Advanced Computer Studies INET: pcb@swamp.cacs.usl.edu | | 2 Rex Street | | University of Southwestern Louisiana ...!uunet!dalsqnt!gator!pcb | | Lafayette, LA 70504 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/