Books on Python (for OO merit)

[Garry Hodgson]

David M. Cook wrote:

> For a better understanding of OO I recommend Bertrand Meyer's OOSC2 tome and
> the Design Patterns book.

meyer's is a bit heavyweight for learning OO. design patterns
is not about OO design.  you really want to know (at least some)
OO design to get much out of it.

> Most of the other OO books I've seen have been a
> waste of paper.

Sturgeon's Law.

one book i was pleasantly surprised by is:

	Object-Oriented Design in Java (Mitchell Waite Signature Series) 
	by Stephen Gilbert, Bill McCarty 

it is a good tutorial for someone new to OO.  experienced users will
find it too basic, though the later chapters are good intros to
advanced topics (distributed objects, etc).

i bought a copy to have handy when people ask to borrow a book
to start OO.

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