byerly@cars.rutgers.edu (Boyce Byerly ) (11/21/88)
A while back I posted a request for good smalltalk manuals. Here's a summary of what I recieved from all you kind people out there: Timothy Budd: A Little Smalltalk - This is the book I'm primarily using right now. I apologize for my harsh opinion of this book in my initial posting, as most of the problems are version incompatibility problems. It's a good reference, though I prefer larger examples of programs than it offers. Goldberg and Robson: Smalltalk80: The Language and Implementation - This book is recommended by many knowledgeable people. I've only started it, but it looks pretty good. Pinson & Wieners book, published by Addison-Wesley) is recommended by Dick Peskin over at Rutgers CAIP center; he describes it as "very good". He also notes that it "assumes some level of computer sophistication". Dick Peskin is certainly far more sophisticated than I am, but I would imagine that he means that any experienced programmer who understands O-O programming to a reasonable extent would can manage. I recently looked at this book, and it looks quite good, though I only took a brief look. Kahler & Patterson: "A Taste of Smalltalk" was also mentioned in passing by some, but I gather the Pinson & Weiner book was preferred. -Boyce