The wiki entry for the book is still empty ( http://wiki.acm.org/ 
classics/index.php? 
title=Smalltalk-80:_the_language_and_its_implementation ).

  We should something there, but I really do not feel like it. Come  
on, who's English and knowledge is up to the task ?!



On 05 Jan 2006, at 10:25, stéphane ducasse wrote:

> It would be excellent to get the blue book
> 	Smalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation; Adele Goldberg  
> and DavidRobson
> 	Addison Wesley, 1983.
> 	ISBN 0-201-11371-6.
>
> Please vote!
>>
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>> Subject: Classic books program
>> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:01:02 +0100
>>
>> Dear Klaus D Witzel,
>>
>> Thank you for your suggestions of candidates for our classic  
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