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From: dwarren@earthlink.net (David Warren)
Subject: Re: VisualAge Smalltalk - user groups??
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Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 03:35:30 GMT
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David N. Smith <dnsmith@watson.ibm.com> wrote:

>In article <4n0n78$9pj@clarknet.clark.net> Anthony, ajam@clark.net writes:
>>an anyone suggest some good books on IBM Smalltalk for an beginner.

>Try:

>   IBM Smalltalk Programming for Windows and OS/2
>     Dan Shafer, Prima. (Don't have the ISBN handy, sorry).
>     Mainly examples of the use of IBM Smalltalk.
>     
>and:

>   IBM Smalltalk: The Language, David N. Smith.
>     Benjamin/Cummings (Addison-Wesley), 1995, ISBN 0-8053-0908-X.
>     About $49. 600 pages. A very detailed coverage of the Smalltalk
>     language as provided by IBM.

>I prefer the second, but then I wrote it...

I prefer the second, too, and I didn't write it.  But then, I didn't
have Archie to help.

BTW, do I recall correctly that there's a second volume in the works,
or did I imagine that?


