dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us (Doug Philips) (09/12/90)
The following information was *culled* from the ftp-license file
from the site described below. I found out about this site/information
from a post in comp.object:
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Announcing Self Release 1.0
The Self Group at Stanford University is pleased to announce the first
distribution of the experimental object-oriented exploratory
programming language Self. Designed for expressive power and
malleability, Self combines a pure, prototype-based object model with
uniform access to state and behavior. Unlike other languages, Self
allows objects to inherit state and to change their patterns of
inheritance dynamically. Self's virtual machine includes a
customizing compiler that (to the best of our knowledge) makes this
the fastest implementation of any dynamically typed, object-oriented
language.
This release, which runs on Sun3's and Sun4's, is available free of charge
from:
David Ungar
The Self Group
CIS, Room 209
Stanford University
Stanford CA 94305
or:
self-request@self.stanford.edu
The documentation consists of two 100-page books: a collection of
technical papers and a set of three manuals. PostScript versions of
the documentation are available via anonymous ftp from
otis.stanford.edu (36.22.0.201). If you would like hardcopy, please
send $20 (made out to Stanford University) to the above address (send
mail to self-request for overseas rates).
To obtain Self via ftp, please complete the form below and send it to
us via PHYSICAL mail; e-mail requests cannot be honored. You will
receive an acknowledgement by e-mail when your account has been
opened. If you have questions or need the software on tape, write to
self-request@self.stanford.edu.
Finally, there is a mail group for those interested in random ramblings about
Self, self-interest@self.stanford.edu.
Send mail to self-request@self.stanford.edu to be added to it.
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I would offer to make the postscript files available to email only
sites. However, manual.ps is 637380 bytes (105 pages) and papers.ps
is 709178 bytes (90 pages). It takes a serious chunk of time to print
on an LPS40. I don't know how to go about making such information
available to email only people, or to GEnie people, but I'm open to
suggestions (which I would clear with the people at stanford before
doing anyway).
-Doug
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