Reusable Software

Review

I didn't read it very far (to the end of part A).
I got disappointed by the lack of generality: it covers features available in Eiffel (especially in Chapter 2), more than principles applicable to C++ as well (even in Chapter 3).

Excerpts

p ix

Doubts and certainties. Books on analysis are full of peremptory statements

p x Language independence

§4: many people [...] have been convinced that language independence is a viable and desirable goal [...] This dream has little connection with reality. Languages are different because they rely of different semantic models.