Object-Oriented Software Construction

Blurb

Object-Oriented Software Construction is a book by Bertrand Meyer, widely considered a foundational text of object-oriented programming. The first edition was published in 1988; the second, extensively revised and expanded edition, in 1997. Numerous translations are available including Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, and Spanish. The book has been cited thousands of times in computer science literature. The book won a Jolt award in 1994.
Unless otherwise indicated, descriptions below apply to the second edition.