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1 Article: 3019 of +Comp.object
2 Path: swan!bbn.com!mit-eddie!rutgers!uwm.edu!rpi!image.soe.clarkson.edu!news
3 From: cline@cheetah.ece.clarkson.edu (Marshall Cline)
4 Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.object
5 Subject: ``Object Oriented Design'' by Grady Booch -- A First Look
6 Message-ID: <CLINE.90Jun2004848@cheetah.ece.clarkson.edu>
7 Date: 2 Jun 90 04:51:44 GMT
8 Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
9 Reply-To: cline@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Marshall Cline)
10 Distribution: comp
11 Organization: (I don't speak for the) ECE Dept, Clarkson Univ, Potsdam, NY
12 Lines: 44
13 Xref: swan comp.lang.c++:3019
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15 Benjamin/Cummings just sent me a fresh copy of Grady Booch's new book:
16 ``Object Oriented Design''. I had heard good things about it 4th hand, and
17 I must say that I haven't been let down. I like the numerous good examples,
18 the Software Engineering approach, and the emphasis on design. I've skimmed
19 it, and will give a more complete report in a few weeks. But my first
20 impressions were very positive. It's about time we had a good OOD book!
21
22 Author: Grady Booch
23 Title: Object Oriented Design with Applications
24 Publisher: Benjamin/Cummings
25 ISBN: 0-8053-0091-0
26 Copyright: 1991
27
28 A couple of initial thoughts: the book is not based on any one OOPL, but
29 rather gives roughly equal time to C++, Smalltalk, CLOS, Object Pascal, and
30 Ada. He doesn't seem to `put down' any one of these, but rather discusses
31 their relative strengths and weaknesses in a sensible manner.
32
33 The book is distinctly *not* a book from which you could learn all the
34 nuiances of any of these languages; rather it centers on the concepts of how
35 you do *design* in the OO paradigm.
36
37 Booch seems very concerned with unconstrained software complexity. OOP
38 isn't just a fun theoretical ideal to him, but it's something which may
39 alleviate the software crisis we are presently battling. He's wants
40 `industrial strength software'. Healthy dose of reality.
41
42 The Section on Applications looks good. It's quite a healthy chunk of the
43 book (250 pgs out of around 500 total). There's a rather large example in
44 each of the major programming languages. The key (as I understand Booch's
45 goals) is not `this language or that', but rather how can these problems be
46 *designed* using OO technology. His method is: design a little, implement a
47 little, think it through and redesign, etc. Most of us are embarassed to
48 admit that we do it that way too rather than getting it right the first time.
49
50 Marshall Cline
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53 Marshall Cline / Asst.Prof / ECE Dept / Clarkson Univ / Potsdam, NY 13676
54 cline@sun.soe.clarkson.edu / Bitnet:BH0W@CLUTX / uunet!clutx.clarkson.edu!bh0w
55 Voice: 315-268-3868 / FAX: 315-268-7600
56 Career search in progress; ECE faculty; research oriented; will send vita.
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