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"This book is one of the more important contributions to the literature on 'patterns' and deserves to become a standard text on its specified area of interest."
-- Overload, September 2000

"Let me Start by saying that I highly recommend this book. If you are a reader of the expanding literature on pattern-oriented software design, rush out and buy this book! This book has the potential to be a seminal volume." --Glenn E. Mitchell II, Ph.D.: Microsoft Office Pro; www.msofficepro.com; (5/30/01)

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Designing application and middleware software to run in concurrent and networked environments is a significant challenge to software developers. The patterns catalogued in this second volume of Pattern-Oriented Software Architectures (POSA) form the basis of a pattern language that addresses issues associated with concurrency and networking.

The book presents 17 interrelated patterns ranging from idioms through architectural designs. They cover core elements of building concurrent and network systems: service access and configuration, event handling, synchronization,

and concurrency. All patterns present extensive examples and known uses in multiple programming languages, including C++, C, and Java.

The book can be used to tackle specific software development problems or read from cover to cover to provide a fundamental understanding of the best practices for constructing concurrent and networked applications and middleware.

About the Authors

This book has been written by the award winning team responsible for the first POSA volume "A System of Patterns", joined in this volume by Douglas C. Schmidt from University of California, Irvine (UCI), USA.

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2.0 out of 5 stars hard to read - poorly written, Mar 16 2004

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Anil Philip (Olathe, KS. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects (Hardcover)

Doug Schmidt is a world authority on Corba and a helpful and unassuming person; so I was eager to get this book since he is listed as one of four co-authors.
However after 1 1/2 years of sitting on my shelf and not being used much, I think someone needs to point out to the editor, that it is not very readable.
The GOF patterns book (by Vlissides) was a pleasure and easy to read. However this book is full of bewildering sentences like (page 217, 2nd sentence, 1st para). Exact quote:

"When asynchronous service processing completes, the application must handle the corresponding completion events delivered by the operating system to indicate the end of the asynchronous computations."

If most of the reader's mental effort is spent in parsing such sentences, rather than grappling with concepts, then the purpose is lost.
The hallmark of a skillful writer lies in being able to explain great (though complex) concepts clearly.
It is puzzling because Prof. Schmidt's papers are clearly written; "too many co-authors spoil the broth" :)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Must have book for ACE software development, Nov 17 2002

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This review is from: Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects (Hardcover)

This book is very sepecific to ACE. It contains very good information about Reactor, Connector,Acceptor and Service patterns. It does not have much information about the ACE Task.
Worth to buy, if you are developing ACE based software.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Verbose and Specific, Mar 30 2002

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Simon Bailey (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects (Hardcover)

It's a great topic for a book - concurrent network programming.

Although the documented patterns suit server and client applications, I would have prefered to see them treated in a more general context. I would also prefer to see the patterns explained in far fewer pages. Each pattern is usually described with a heavy emphasis on a very specific example (like an HTTP server) rather than in conceptual terms.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A life preserver in the sea of software chaos
Builds extensively upon the foundations laid out by the previous POSA book, and Design Patterns from the notorious "Gang of Four". Read more

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