"The key books about object-oriented graphical modeling languages appeared between 1988 and 1992. Leading figures included Grady Booch ; Peter Coad , ; Ivar Jacobson ; Jim Odell ; Jim Rumbaugh , ; Sally Shlaer and Steve Mellor , ; and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock ."

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