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Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Languages    2. Computers    3. Computers - Languages / Programming    4. Data Modeling & Design    5. Data Structures    6. Data structures (Computer scie    7. Data structures (Computer science)    8. Database Management - General    9. Eiffel (Computer program langu    10. Eiffel (Computer program language)    11. Object-Oriented Programming    12. Object-oriented programming (C    13. Object-oriented programming (Computer science)    14. Programming - Object Oriented Programming    15. Programming Languages - General    16. Computers / Programming Languages / General    17. Databases & data structures    18. Object-oriented programming (OOP)    19. Programming languages   

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Best available documenation on Eiffel
For those who don't already know, Eiffel is a 1990-era object oriented programming language. It is best known as the vehicle for Meyer's "design by contract" methodology, a relaxed version of formal, mathematical proofs of program correctness.
Exhaustive, Detailed Language Definition
Eiffel has been developed by the Non-profit International Consortium for Eiffel (NICE) for the last 17 years. This book is the language definition as proposed by that committee. It is exhaustive and of such high detail as to allow anyone to write a compiler for the language. My hat is off to the Eiffel consortium for their efforts to explicitly define the language in an open standard, making the developer's job easier. Did not make me appreciate Eiffel at all
I found this book to be quite tedious and unreadable.It neither enrichedmy understanding of OO or helped me think of how to program better in anyway.Perhaps it was because I was not diligent enough to read through thisbook properly but compared to most other books I've encountered thatintroduce a computer language, "Eiffel: The Language" does a verypoor job of explaining exactly what it is that Eiffel has to offer orgenerating excitement and interest in the language.After trying out boththis and 'Object Oriented Software Construction' I've come to theconclusion that Eiffel is not a language worth learning despite all thehype. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Bks - Languages / Programming    2. Computer Books: Operating Systems    3. Computer Programming Languages    4. Eiffel (Computer program langu    5. Eiffel (Computer program language)    6. Programming - Object Oriented Programming    7. High level programming languages    8. Object-oriented programming (OOP)   

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Wordy, somewhat superfluous, but still informative
I bought this book to help designing a C like language. But I was disappointed by the content because it does not bear too much useful information. Exceptional OOP book
You may feel impressed with this book if you are disappointed with other books about object-oriented. This book is rather unusual. He mentioned points that typical OOP books don't cover, for example, a dilemma between flexibility and correctness. Some flaws, but still worth the money
The places where Joyner discuss each programming language in terms of how they implement a certain OOP feature are very good and even important. But then he starts to compare languages...Read more

Subjects:  1. C++ (Computer program language    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computer Science    4. Computers    5. Computers - Languages / Programming    6. Eiffel (Computer program langu    7. Eiffel (Computer program language)    8. Java (Computer program languag    9. Java (Computer program language)    10. Object-Oriented Programming    11. Object-oriented programming (C    12. Object-oriented programming (Computer science)    13. Programming - Object Oriented Programming    14. Programming Languages - General    15. Java & variants    16. Object-oriented programming (OOP)    17. Programming languages   

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Made Easy is the Bottom Line
This book is exceptionally well written and presents both novice and expert topics using an example driven approach that stimulates and motivates the reader.Both authors stress the most important lessons to learn in each chapter clearly and the reader comes away with expert experiences that other books just do not capture.The examples are in Eiffel which is another bonus as not only do you learn Windows development principles, but you also gain an indepth understanding of object-oriented principles that are lacking in many other languages.Eiffel is not a prerequisite at all as I had not even heard of the language before reading the book,and I would definitely recommend the book to those wanting to discover an experts opinion on Windows programming with the added benefit of learning object-oriented principles at the same time.

Very good alternative to Petzold's books
A very well written book about Windows programming and object component technology. The authors are very concerned by making you grasp how things are supposed to work when doing Windows programming and the plan they chose to show all aspects of Windows programming is in my opinion very good.Read more

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Impossible to read
This book is absolutely hopeless as a text for university students, its obvious target audience, given Rist's occupation as a lecturer. This is more suited to highly experienced individuals. No No No
This book is WAY too technical for uni students as their first language, or even students with a couple of languages under their belt. Good clear book on a great language for programmers
This book offers a clear description of OOP concepts in the context of Eiffel and "design-by-contract".Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computers - General Information    3. Eiffel (Computer program language)    4. Object-Oriented Programming    5. Object-oriented programming (Computer science)    6. Programming - Object Oriented Programming    7. Programming Languages - General    8. High level programming languages    9. Object-oriented programming (OOP)   

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A good introduction to the Eiffel language and environments.
The author provides a good introduction to Eiffel from a real-world and academic-software-engineering point of view.Read more

Subjects:  1. Computers    2. Computers - Languages / Programming    3. Eiffel (Computer program langu    4. Eiffel (Computer program language)    5. Object-Oriented Programming    6. Object-oriented programming (C    7. Object-oriented programming (Computer science)    8. Programming - Object Oriented Programming    9. Programming Languages - General    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Software Engineering    12. Computers / Programming Languages / General    13. Object-oriented programming (OOP)    14. Programming languages   

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Wretched book for a wretched class
I took a full two semesters of Computer Science from the professors who actually wrote this textbook. The course was easily one of the worst I have ever taken in university and I could spend pages detailing how much I hated it, but instead I'll simply talk about the book.
As a student
I had the pleasure of being one of the test audiences for this particular book. I'm basing my review on my copy, 1,000+ pages of photocopied draft. I was introduced to it via a full-year course taught by Dr. Temblay and Dr. Cheston.Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Database    2. Computer Science    3. Computer software    4. Computers    5. Computers - Languages / Programming    6. Data structures (Computer scie    7. Data structures (Computer science)    8. Database Management - General    9. Development    10. Object-Oriented Programming    11. Object-oriented programming (C    12. Object-oriented programming (Computer science)    13. Programming - Algorithms    14. Programming - Object Oriented Programming    15. Relational Databases    16. Computers / Programming / Algorithms    17. Databases & data structures    18. Object-oriented programming (OOP)   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Languages    2. Computer Programming Languages    3. Computer software    4. Computers - Languages / Programming    5. Development    6. Eiffel (Computer program language)    7. Programming Languages - General    8. Software Development    9. High level programming languages    10. Object-oriented programming (OOP)   

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Excellent book
Before reading this book a few years ago, I had been programming in C++ and had yet to really realize reusable software.The excellent thing about this book is that from start to finish, the focus is consistently placed on creating a reusable library of data structures.As such, this is one of the only books I've ever purchased from which I've walked away not only better informed but with immediately useful code developed along the way.Read more

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Subjects:  1. C (Computer program language)    2. Computer Bks - Languages / Programming    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computers    5. Eiffel (Computer program language)    6. Object-Oriented Programming    7. Object-oriented methods (Computer science)    8. Programming - General    9. Programming - Object Oriented Programming    10. Programming - Software Development    11. Programming Languages - General    12. C & Visual C    13. Object-oriented programming (OOP)   

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Good for starters
This book got me quickly up to speed with Eiffel. I had this book by my side for my first Eiffel programs. Eiffel, the language, doesn't help you much if you want to write your first programs, and you might find ObjectOriented Software Construction too heavy. It's a good book.
If you want to know eiffel and want to pick upit in short time, this is a good book for you. There are not much Eiffel books out in the market but most of them all focus on the OOP concept, like ADT stuff, and are veryacadmic. ... Read more

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Great Intro To Eiffel
This is a very approachable book on software engineering in the language Eiffel.Every aspect of the language is covered in great detail, and there are plenty of exercises and illustrations throughout to help readers stayon course. the book is useless.
I regrear to buy this book don't spend any penny on it ... Read more

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Great introduction into Eiffel
This book serves as an introduction to object orientation and the languageEiffel. Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Languages    2. Computer Programming Languages    3. Computer science    4. Computers    5. Computers - Languages / Programming    6. Eiffel (Computer program langu    7. Eiffel (Computer program language)    8. Object-Oriented Programming    9. Object-oriented programming (C    10. Object-oriented programming (Computer science)    11. Programming - Object Oriented Programming    12. Programming Languages - General    13. Computer modelling & simulation    14. Computers / Programming Languages / General    15. Object-oriented programming (OOP)    16. Programming languages   

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