[comp.lang.smalltalk] Teaching object-oriented simulation

sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) (08/30/87)

A while back I posted a query about teaching object-oriented
techniques for simulation.  Here are two replies I received.

From: Graham Birtwistle <graham%calgary.cdn%ubc.csnet@RELAY.CS.NET>

> i wrote a package called demos in 1978 which might interest
> you. ut has a full manual and a teaching text....

From: decvax!ihnp4!infoswx!ewl (Bill Leggett)

> saw your note in netnews comp.lang.smalltalk.  i found a book called
> System Simulation Programming Styles and Languages by Wolfgang Kreutzer
> published by addison-wesley in the intl comp sci series. 1986
> isbn 0-201-12914-0
> 
> it advocates an object-oriented approach to simulation software building.
> it gives examples mostly in a funny sort of pascal, but has significant
> examples in an appendix in simula.  he also discusses smalltalk and other
> languages that support o-o style, but not in depth.  the book is written
> by a german now at some new zealand university.  it has a european sort
> of slant, which is ok.  it is readable and he tries to keep the examples
> interesting ("michael's island love potions").


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