Programming [was Re: sorting pathnames by basename ]

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:57:55 EDT
Erik Price said:

>But at the point where I say to myself, "I really think that I could 
>write this better and more easily if I used an object-oriented 
>methodology and designed some class definitions to help me", I would 
>turn to Python and not look back.

Not knowing much about OO technique and/or methodology other than 
what I've learned from Perl's bastardized attempt to rivet OO onto 
the backside of a language never meant for OO programming, I have to 
ask, is there a good, general, non-language specific text about OO 
design and/or methodology around?

I'd like to understand the concepts and terminology used in OO 
programming before delving into something like Java or Python so that 
I can take better advantage of the OO features of these languages, 
but everything I've seen seems very language specific.

Thanks,
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Seeya,
Paul
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