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From: rcb@netcom.COM (Roy Bixler)
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Subject: novice question about Smalltalk books
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Date: 8 Mar 91 03:23:20 GMT
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I'm trying to learn Samlltalk, because I was told that it is the only
'truly object oriented language out there'.  I picked up a copy of GNU
Smalltalk, went to the local computer bookstore and bought a book with
a purple cover (the Purple book, I assume) called 'SMALLTALK-80 the
language', by Adele Goldberg and David Robson.  After digging into the
GNU Smalltalk documentation, I found a comment which implied that the
above Purple book should be avoided and to use the Blue book instead.
Before I return the Purple book, can anyone tell me what's the
advantage of using the Blue book?  Maybe a better question - is the
Purple book worth keeping if I buy the Blue book?

Thanks for any enlightenment.  (I hope this topic hasn't been beaten
to death recently.)

Roy Bixler
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