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From: andrew@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Andrew Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Smalltalk/V MAC
Summary: Sounds OK
Message-ID: <1990Apr5.154827.326@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk>
Date: 5 Apr 90 15:48:27 GMT
Organization: University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, WALES, UK.
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A little while back I posted a message asking whether there are any
serious problems with use of Smalltalk/V MAC for teaching an introductory
Smalltalk course. I have received a number of replies, and would like to
thank those who responded. The general consensus of opinion seems to be
that Smalltalk/V MAC is perfectly adequate for teaching purposes. A couple
of bugs have been mentioned:

A bug in the "/" method for negative integers (appearing only in the
68000 version); and
Suspected occasional strange behaviour in the debugger.

It seems that for straightforward Smalltalk programming, Smalltalk/V MAC
presents no serious problems.

I have responded to those who sent me mail concerning my query. However,
my reply to Kent Beck keeps on bouncing so please forgive my responding to
him as part of this posting ...

Yes, I was one of those who attended the Smalltalk-80 course Kent gave in
Marlow (near London, UK) about 4 years ago. I am a satisfied customer!

Andrew
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