It will be hard to find a great Smalltalk mentor but I will try! Thanks, Stede
--- Jim Standley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll second that. I had only a brief exposure to it > on a proof of > concept, maybe 1995. Even though I'd read about OO > and done some Turbo > Pascal 5.0 objects I found it so different from > anything I'd ever done, > felt like I had to learn to do everything backwards. > It was fantastic. > I'd jump at the chance to do it again. But learn it > with an expert or > you'll just be frustrated at trying to do what > you've always done and > not having much luck. > > Kay Pentecost wrote: > > Hi, Stede, > > > > IMHO, learning Smalltalk is one of the best > possible ways to learn more > > about good programing and OO. > > > > Just be sure you learn from someone who's done > smalltalk in a production > > environment and really knows it. > > > > You can get Squeak online at > http://www.squeak.org/ > > or you can use the non-commercial version of > Cincom Smalltalk at > > http://smalltalk.cincom.com/downloads/index.ssp > > > > Kay > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Stede Troisi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 7:20 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: [XP] Smalltalk > >> > >> > >>I currently know nothing about Smalltalk but it > seems > >>like all the great programmers either worked with > it > >>or formed their great principles from it. > >> > >>If this is true, could it be worth learning for > >>educational purposes? Would it still be possible > to > >>find someone that makes it? > >> > >>And this is pushing it but might there be a > >>free/open-source version out there? > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Stede > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>__________________________________ > >>Do you Yahoo!? > >>Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > >>www.yahoo.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>To Post a message, send it to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com > >>Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
