Taligent's Guide to Designing Programs

Though this guide seems to mainly be about C++, Taligent is the originator of the (in)famous java.util.Calendar class [1] [2].

[1] http://www.icu-project.org/docs/papers/history_of_java_inter...

[2] www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/the_seven_habits_of_highly

About Taligent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taligent