Joel,

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>>Yeah, there were a number of useful ones. And, yes, I did know about the second edition being in the works. I plan to buy it as soon as it "hits" the stands.
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>Me too. Although, I'll probably skip the chapter on code layout this time around <g>.

I think that there will be probably some redundant material that can be skipped. While he does metion OO, most of the original is geared for procedural code. I'm interested in what he'll have to say about OO and some of his insights there.
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>>From the back of the book "Rapid Development":
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>>"Software developers are caught on the horns of a dilemma...One horn of the dilemma is that people don't have time to learn more about rapid development; the other horn is that they won't get the time until they do learn more about rapid development."
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>Exactly! <g>
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>>Personally, I do a lot of read of technical books while I on the "throne" in the "library".:-)
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>LOL.

< bg >I bought one of the programmers in our department a copy of "Code Complete" as a Christmas present to say thanks for some favors he's done for me. He still hasn't gotten a chance to read it. So, I told him what I do and to put the book in the bathroom.< s >