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Title: Unlike most O'Reilly books, it's poorly written
Review: As a devotee of O'reilly titles (it's the first publisher I usually look to on computer subjects), this one was disappointing. Regardless of whether it covers the subject matter well, the book fails simply because of the writing. It is, at least in the beginning, weighed down by comma series that go on forever, parenthetic notes that are redundant, and points that are lost in a volume of unrelated stuff.The author lacks focus, and the writing style is academic. This is not a practitioner's guide. I ended up purchasing a second UML book within a week.
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