Good, thorough Smalltalk reference
stéphane ducasse
ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Tue Jan 17 16:15:29 UTC 2006
I do not really think that so much is changing.
Traits: you do not have to talk about them
method annotation: same here
bugs fixes:
MC and packages
So for the good style part I do not see why squeak is changing.
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:22:15 -0800, Bert Freudenberg
> <bert at impara.de> wrote:
>
>> However, for such a book you need a great author, particularly for
>> the Good Style part, which should not be a separate part but
>> mention it in passing. I'm a bit sceptic the community could
>> create such a thing, I rather think some individual would have to
>> take this on. There have been people on this list with a great
>> writing style, but it's a major undertaking none-the-less.
>
> I tried to sell a publisher on a book like this (for VAST) back in
> the mid-'90s. Even though I never could sell it, I'd still love to
> do it.
>
> It is a huge undertaking, of course, and I haven't had the time/
> money to do it "for fun". When thinking about how it would break
> down, I've come up against Squeak's volatility. So many fundamental
> things about Squeak are changing right now.
>
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