G'day all.
Quoting Graham Klyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I think you raise an important point. Reading this, I realize that I have
> no principled basis for deciding what makes a good API, in any language.
Me neither. Though I have short reading list.
First off, this series of articles by Ken Arnold. They are a bit Java-
centric, but it's all good:
http://www.artima.com/intv/perfect.html
http://www.artima.com/intv/taste.html
http://www.artima.com/intv/distrib.html
http://www.artima.com/intv/sway.html
http://www.artima.com/intv/decouple.html
http://www.artima.com/intv/issues.html
Some of the modern C++ books like "Modern C++ Design" and "Generative
Programming" are worth a skim in lieu of a decent book on how to deal
with true parametric polymorphism and typeclasses.
Oh, if you can get a copy of "Software Fundamentals" (the collection of
Parnas papers), do it. It's a fabulous read, even if you don't get much
in the way of API design out of it.
Cheers,
Andrew Bromage
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