On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:57:49 +0530, "K. K. Subramaniam" subbukk@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday 26 Jun 2009 2:59:13 am Frank Church wrote:
Are there any books that cover this area for Smalltalk
Yes. See http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks.html for an annotated list.
BTW, Smalltalk is a object-based system. An object combines the role of data and algorithm into one unit. The computational model is different from that of procedural programming. Are you looking for anything specific?
Is there a counterpart to SICP (_Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_; see http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/) focusing on roughly the same topics from a purely object-oriented standpoint, but using Smalltalk, in particular Squeak, as a means rather than as an end?
One aspect that I really miss in Squeak is more focus on theory. It would be nice if somebody presented a proof of correctness of a purely object-oriented algorithm that was implementation-independent.
-- Benjamin L. Russell