[AccessD] OT: OO?

I have not seen this book, but by the author using his 'own' language he
abstracts the OO concepts from any particular implementation.  It seems to
be a conceptual book rather than one geared for a specific implementation,
and this review seems to verify that.

Sometimes even damning testimony about a product can be a selling point for
me.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Hall [mailto:rjhjr at cox.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:33 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: OO?
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 03:38:17PM +0100, Garraway, Alun wrote:
> > 
> > <amazon rewiew> 
> > 
> > There is really no clear format to what the author is 
> trying to accomplish. This is not about theory or practice, 
> just ramblings about an imaginary progamming language. First, 
> he introduces his own language, then expects you to follow 
> it, with no examples, just his own syntax. Then tries to make 
> this OO. Not recommended for beg or adv. programmers. This 
> book should be titled, "The little book of mahem." This 
> author is clearly not an instructor or mentor, probably just 
> some hack who is trying to cash in on OO. Save your money, 
> and you sanity and stay away from this one. 
> 
> I don't know what the reviewer's problem was, but I found the 
> book to be 
> very good. The author, if I recall correctly, is a CS 
> professor somewhere, 
> and this is used in one of his classes. This book was my 
> introduction to 
> OO, and I found it to be a clear, concise introduction to a 
> subject I had 
> little previous exposure to. I've been using what I learned 
> from the book 
> ever since. 
> 
> The author does use his own language. I had no problems with 
> it, and I've 
> been able to apply the concepts to real-life languages with 
> no difficulty.
> The topics are very well organized. The author starts with 
> the most basic 
> data types and gradually adds functionality until he's got full-blown 
> classes and objects. 
> 
> If you are looking for something that will get you 
> programming quickly, 
> this is not it. This is an execellent intro to the concepts.
> 
> Bob Hall
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