A Squeak version of "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist"
Aaron J Reichow
reic0024 at d.umn.edu
Tue Jan 29 17:54:43 UTC 2002
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Stephane Ducasse wrote:
> We are in the process to see how our french book on Squeak could be
> translated into english.
>
> I can tell you that we payed an extreme attention to present Squeak well and
> this is better than this open book.
> Ask the french speaking people in the list about that ;)
An English version would be wonderful. However, I still think a Squeaked
version of this open book would still be valuable. Your book seems to be
focused on Squeak as a system, with all of it's capabilities and
applications. This HTLCS is a bit more focused on a classical approach to
any regular programming language, something I think the Squeak world
sorely needs.
I've tried to introduce people to Squeak, some with prior CS/programming
knowledge, some with out, and were often dismayed by the lack of something
straight-up about the language itself. This book would be good for the
Java, perl, C++ programmer who you tell "try Squeak," and whom you wish
to equip with the basic language and code-browsing skills so they can
learn about the system as they want. That's the way I tend to approach a
new language.
Regards,
Aaron
Aaron Reichow :: UMD ACM Pres :: http://www.d.umn.edu/~reic0024/
"A weed is just a plant whose virtures have not
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