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- From: Bob Hathaway <rjh@geodesic.com>
- Subject: Comp.Object FAQ Version 1.0.9 (04-02) Announcement
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- Summary: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List and Available Systems For Object-Oriented Technology
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- Organization: Geodesic Systems, Inc.
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 03:59:54 GMT
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- Archive-name: object-faq/announce
- Last-Modified: 04/02/95
- Version: 1.0.9
-
- This announces the April version 1.0.9 of the Comp.Object FAQ! It has many
- new questions, entries, and updates and has several very up-to-date appendices
- on object-oriented methodologies and systems, with a new Appendix on commercial
- Object-Oriented Libraries and Systems. This document may very well comprise
- the latest and most up-to-date collection of object-oriented systems and terms
- in the world today!
-
- I'd also like to pay attention to a related new free hypertext journal on
- Object Technology called Object Currents. There are many references to the
- comp.object FAQ and it provides a great opportunity to keep up with Object
- Technology and contribute as authors! There are many world-class columnists
- and authors with unique contributions *as well as* many of the best articles
- from the very best of the OO Journals placed on the Web. So please take a look
- at:
- http://www.sigs.com/objectcurrents
-
- The first three interviews are with Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, and Ivar
- Jacobson and a Steve Mellor interview is in the works. Robert Martin has been
- providing a Newsgroup Dialog and columnists include Watts Humphrey, Bertrand
- Meyer, Michael Chonoles, Francois Bancilhon, David Shang, and Michael Spertus
- along with an editorial by yours truly. This last month's Editor's Corner is
- on Metasystems and Reflection, so check it out! The April Issue went up
- on 4/1.
-
- >I will try to update the FAQ monthly with system entries and information from
- >the net. I have a new TQM system in place which should proceed from the
- >old Level 1 to Level 5 in no time - not hard for a one man job. *Many*
- >thanks to the patience of those sending system updates and corrections,
- >my new system should provide fast acknowledgement, inclusion (within a few
- >weeks) and tracking, and 6 sigma quality should provide essentially defect
- >free performance for the FAQ. Perhaps I'll even go for ISO 9000 certification!
-
- Well, now that that system has been shelved for 1 year its about time to
- update it! A great example of a good OOA/D system with no time for
- implementation. But that should change very soon! It's the volunteer
- efforts that suffer the most when in a (prolonged) time crunch, but with
- a new book coming out that should change. And with a new 4GL hypertext
- system in place it will be ***much*** easier.
-
- Sending comments, suggestions, additions, updates, corrections, and new
- systems and site entries is strongly encouraged and should be directed to
- the author at rjh@geodesic.com.
-
- The FAQ is posted to the comp.object, comp.answers and news.answers newsgroups
- and is available via anonymous ftp from zaphod.uchicago.edu and rtfm.mit.edu,
- although new versions may take a short period of time to be installed.
-
- Anonymous FTP Sites and Hypertext Server:
- anonymous@zaphod.uchicago.edu:/pub/CompObj8.faq(.Z) (128.135.72.61)
- anonymous@rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/comp.object/*_Part_* (18.181.0.24 Tmp)
- http://iamwww.unibe.ch/~scg/OOinfo/FAQ/index.html (new IAM location)
-
- Mail Server: (See also section 1.24)
- mail mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
- Subject:
- send usenet/comp.object/*
-
- Zaphod is preferred over rtfm for anonymous ftp retrieval, as it provides a
- single file. Rtfm contains the FAQ as posted.
-
- To use the hypertext system, see APPENDIX E, entries 27.
-
- Comp.Object Archive:
- A workable comp.object archive is now available on the www, with much thanks
- to Markus A. Beckmann, beckmann@informatik.mathematik.uni-mainz.de.
- http://aaimzb.mathematik.uni-mainz.de/Personal/Mitarbeiter/comp.object.idx.html
-
- Again, a short period of time may be required to retrieve the latest version
- from anonymous ftp, allowing the posted version to propagate and get out as
- quickly as possible.
-
- Thank you to the many people who have contributed their time and effort to
- help this document spread the word about object-oriented technology and
- available systems! It is hoped it will be most useful in that endeavor.
-
- Best Regards!
- Bob
-