This is the most well-thought out coding standard ever written. Or, maybe, just the most expensive. Taligent had 400+ people working at their peak, burned through over $250 MILLION dollars, and this book was the sole tangible result. (Except for a patent portfolio that got absorbed into IBM's much larger patent portfolio.) It is the ultimate coding standard for an army of monkeys overseen by fascists. There are some interesting O-O best practices (for the time ... the mid 90's) described here but the omnipresent tone of "do it this way or our officially designated Taligent Architects will make your life a living hell" is a bit off-putting...
Still, I prize my copy. Nice typography. High production standards.
ISBN-13: 978-0201408881
ISBN-10: 0201408880
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