On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:56:03 -0700, Craig Latta craig@netjam.org wrote:
Hi--
I'm writing the Spoon book. Its structure is loosely based on the
"blue book" ("Smalltalk-80: The Language and Its Implementation" by Adele Goldberg and David Robson). You can read the current draft at:
http://netjam.org/spoon/the%20Spoon%20book.pdf Thanks for any feedback!
hello,
I have read the "blue book" ("Smalltalk-80: The Language and Its Implementation" by Adele Goldberg and David Robson) and most related material, including the original Byte magazine article when they first came out. I have been following Squeak and Spoon development too. I have read the current draft of your Spoon book. You have articulated exactly the problems I see in Squeak development. I am looking forward to your book. The "blue book" is one of the best books to use as a model for how to write a technical documentation book. Some of the early "Apple Books" are too. I wish you good luck with Spoon and the Spoon Book. You are exactly on the right track. What the Squeak-Smalltalk-Object System needs is a "Linus Torvalds" to organize a community toward these goals.
my wish list:
easy to get. easy to Install. a "module" system. easy collaboration by developers and lay people. "object web services" based. website documentation, tutorials, forums, etc, based on any good linux distro. (gentoo?). "Spoon No Operating System". "Small Form Factor Portable Hardware" for ubiquitous computing. http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/CDE/_NITIXBX.JPG
Thank You,
From an "old" lurker waiting for the Squeak-Smalltalk-Object System as
it has been envisioned. There are a whole lot of us waiting for it.
-ron-
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