ole wrote:How convenient then that you should recommend it.

Out of interest, how did you find it? I think I recommended it to you, I vaguely recall.
I hate it...no offsense...
I don't think u recommended me that book though...I bought it impulsively at a Chapters years ago...not even sure if I was a member here yet or not...I tried selling/trading it here before...but had no bites so that is maybe why the situation sounds familiar.
Anyways, of all the design pattern books/articles/pdf's I've read...it has to be the most...I dunno how to say it...
I don't like the authors writing style at all...to many anologies...to many quasi-scenarios...I can't stand when books use ducks and pizza's as example of objects...
I don't know about you, but the last time I developed an application...I wasn't modeling ducks...I was modeling bank accounts, user accounts and other complex systems...I prefer real world, pragmatic examples...
I realize that perhaps using a simple object, such as a square or a duck or bird might remove some of the complexity...but it also I find...obscures the practicality behind any solution...
Just a personal opinion of course...most people seem to like it over at Amazon reviews, etc...
It's funny, cause, I have a very particular taste in what or how I like to read and learn...if the teaching style isn't what I expect I immediately tune out - why I failed so miserably in school throughout the years I imagine.
Manuals are best, they avoid personal stories and other areas of non-interest which just obfuscate the subject...
Straight and to the point...no anologies...no long drawn out stories of past experiences, etc...I just find it wastes my time...
p.s-Sorry for the rant...I just feel that book was a waste of money...the chapters are so full of "blah" it's difficult to even use that book as a reference material...so instead I printed the Java Blue Prints design patterns...
p.s.s-Anyone wanna trade still?

Books on Debian, LDAP, DNS, PostFix or the original GoF book...
Cheers
