Object-Oriented Software Construction

Object-Oriented Software Construction, also called OOSC, is a book by <a href="/facts/Bertrand_Meyer/fHywGneP">Bertrand Meyer</a>, widely considered a foundational text of <a href="/facts/Object-oriented_programming/TxNMEcao">object-oriented programming</a>. The first edition was published in 1988; the second edition, extensively revised and expanded (more than 1300 pages), in 1997. Many translations are available including Dutch (first edition only), French (1+2), German (1), Italian (1), Japanese (1+2), Persian (1), Polish (2), Romanian (1), Russian (2), Serbian (2), and Spanish (2). The book has been cited thousands of times. As of 15 December 2011<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Object-Oriented_Software_Construction&action=edit">[update]</a>, The <a href="/facts/Association_for_Computing_Machinery/abI2atlP">Association for Computing Machinery</a>'s (ACM) Guide to Computing Literature counts 2,233 citations, for the second edition alone in computer science journals and technical books; Google Scholar lists 7,305 citations. As of September 2006<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Object-Oriented_Software_Construction&action=edit">[update]</a>, the book is number 35 in the list of all-time most cited works (books, articles, etc.) in computer science literature, with 1,260 citations. 
The book won a <a href="/facts/Dr._Dobb%27s_Journal/6Qov1hUK">Jolt award</a> in 1994. The second edition is available online free.
Unless otherwise indicated, descriptions below apply to the second edition.

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Object-Oriented Software Construction