There's no education like source code. :)
I agree
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Randal L. Schwartz merlyn@stonehenge.com wrote:
"Sean" == Sean Allen sean@monkeysnatchbanana.com writes:
Sean> but i'm using squeak as my 'really learn smalltalk' einvironment so... Sean> can any suggest any good reading, books, websites, whatever for learning Sean> the ins and outs of how exceptions, signals etc work in smalltalk. i'm Sean> interested in both an 'end user' perspective as a start but getting into Sean> the nitty gritty of the why of the implementation as well. For me, the best way to understand the Exception class was to browse it, browse references to it, and also to the subclasses, especially with something like Seaside loaded that makes interesting uses of Exceptions to deal with continuations. Seeing how it works in practice made it finally go click. There's no education like source code. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 merlyn@stonehenge.com URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/ Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
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