Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!wizard.cis.ohio-state.edu!sarrel From: sarrel@wizard.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: base reference Message-ID: Date: 22 May 89 23:20:23 GMT Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Ohio State Computer Science Lines: 15 I am looking for a good basic reference on the object oriented ideas behind smalltalk. This is tangentially related to the research I am doing, but I would like to be able to reference an authoritative source. Please respond by email, I don't regularly read this group. advTHANKSance, --marc -=- "Master, why is the letter 'i' the symbol for current?" "Because there is no letter 'i' in the word 'current'." "Master, why do we use the letter 'j' for sqrt(-1)?" "Because we use the letter 'i' for current." Whereupon the Master struck the Disciple, and the Disciple became enlightened.