<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>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!<br><br>On Feb 15, 2011, at 6:22 PM, 黃耀賢 (Yau-Hsien Huang)<g9414002.pccu.edu.tw@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p>I borrowed a book named `` Smalltalk-80: The Language And Its Implementation''</p><div>and read two chapters. Until doing it, I'd never understand how it works by viewing</div><div>some code snippets in Self manuals. You need know what is messages, classes/</div>
<div>objects, or blocks. (In my opinion, a block means ``program in need''.)</div><div><br></div><div>Off-topic: I think Self is badly named, that it's hard to find relative information</div><div>in Google search service.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Y-H. H.</div><div><br></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Duke Normandin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dukeofperl@ml1.net"><a href="mailto:dukeofperl@ml1.net">dukeofperl@ml1.net</a></a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p>Hello List ...<br>
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Given that Self is an "upward extension" of Smalltalk - if you will -<br>
I'm just wondering if it wouldn't be advisable for me to learn the<br>
very basics of Smalltalk syntax, before proceeding further with<br>
Self. Opinions please!<br>
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Perhaps "Computer Programming using GNU Smalltalk" by Canol Gökel<br>
<a href="http://smalltalk.gnu.org/documentation/books" target="_blank"><a href="http://smalltalk.gnu.org/documentation/books">http://smalltalk.gnu.org/documentation/books</a></a><br>
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Duke</p>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><br></div>Best Regards.<div><br></div><div>--- Y-H. H.</div><div><br></div><br>
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