From: hipster Date: 2001-07-24T05:32:08+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:18382] Re: Ruby Book On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 05:14:34 +0900, jared l. jennings wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 04:51:46AM +0900, Tom Malone wrote: > > Todd, > > > > This sounds like good advice: > > > > >Try to find books that teach you more than is applicable to one language > > > > Do you (or does anyone else know of any good books about OOP principles? > > > > Thanks again! > > > > Design Patterns, by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides > ISBN # 0-201-63361-2 > check http://rampages.onramp.net/~huston/dp/patterns.html for an on-line reference to the abovementioned "Gang of Four" patterns. This is _not_ a substitute for the book (really, buy it), but will get you started: it describes all GoF patterns with their applicability, their relationship to one another, and provides C++ and Java sample implementations and lab exercises. Michel