[self-interest] Smalltalk basics first?

[Casey Ransberger]

I've found that it helps to use "self language" rather than just "self." If at least one other search term is relevant to the language, I get pretty decent results from google. Admittedly, it's pretty unfortunate. Gotta say I love the name though!

On Feb 15, 2011, at 6:22 PM, 黃耀賢 (Yau-Hsien Huang)<g9414002.pccu.edu.tw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I borrowed a book named `` Smalltalk-80: The Language And Its Implementation''
> 
> and read two chapters. Until doing it, I'd never understand how it works by viewing
> some code snippets in Self manuals. You need know what is messages, classes/
> objects, or blocks. (In my opinion, a block means ``program in need''.)
> 
> Off-topic: I think Self is badly named, that it's hard to find relative information
> in Google search service.
> 
> Y-H. H.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Duke Normandin <dukeofperl at ml1.net> wrote:
>  
> Hello List ...
> 
> Given that Self is an "upward extension" of Smalltalk - if you will -
> I'm just wondering if it wouldn't be advisable for me to learn the
> very basics of Smalltalk syntax, before proceeding further with
> Self. Opinions please!
> 
> Perhaps "Computer Programming using GNU Smalltalk" by Canol Gökel
> http://smalltalk.gnu.org/documentation/books
> -- 
> Duke
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> 
> -- 
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> Best Regards.
> 
> --- Y-H. H.
> 
> 
> 
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