Smalltalk-80 : The Language

Name: Smalltalk-80 : The Language
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ISBN: 9780201113709

ISBN-10: 0201113708

ISBN-13: 9780201113709

Edition: N/A

Authors: Adele Goldberg, David Robson

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Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Language: English


Objects and Messages	p. 5
Classes and Instances	p. 8
An Example Application	p. 10
System Classes	p. 13
Summary of Terminology	p. 16
Expression Syntax	p. 17
Literals	p. 19
Variables	p. 21
Messages	p. 24
Blocks	p. 31
Summary of Terminology	p. 37
Classes and Instances	p. 39
Protocol Descriptions	p. 41
Implementation Descriptions	p. 43
Variable Declarations	p. 44
Methods	p. 48
Primitive Methods	p. 52
Summary of Terminology	p. 53
Subclasses	p. 55
Subclass Descriptions	p. 58
An Example Subclass	p. 59
Method Determination	p. 61
Abstract Superclasses	p. 66
Subclass Framework Messages	p. 72
Summary of Terminology	p. 73
Metaclasses	p. 75
Initialization of Instances	p. 77
An Example Metaclass	p. 78
Metaclass Inheritance	p. 81
Initialization of Class Variables	p. 84
Summary of Method Determination	p. 88
Summary of Terminology	p. 89
Part 2
Protocol for all Objects	p. 93
Testing the Functionality of an Object	p. 95
Comparing Objects	p. 96
Copying Objects	p. 97
Accessing the Parts of an Object	p. 99
Printing and Storing Objects	p. 100
Error Handling	p. 102
Linear Measures	p. 105
Class Magnitude	p. 107
Class Date	p. 108
Class Time	p. 111
Class Character	p. 114
Numerical Classes	p. 117
Protocol of the Number Classes	p. 120
Classes Float and Fraction	p. 126
Integer Classes	p. 127
Class Random: A Random Number Generator	p. 129
Protocol for All Collection Classes	p. 131
Adding, Removing, and Testing Elements	p. 134
Enumerating Elements	p. 136
Instance Creation	p. 139
Conversion Among Collection Classes	p. 140
Hierarchy of the Collection Classes	p. 143
Class Bag	p. 147
Class Set	p. 148
Classes Dictionary and IdentityDictionary	p. 148
Class SequenceableCollection	p. 153
Subclasses of SequenceableCollection	p. 157
Class ArrayedCollection	p. 165
Class MappedCollection	p. 168
Summary of Conversions Among Collections	p. 169
Three Examples that Use Collections	p. 171
Random Selection and Playing Cards	p. 172
The Drunken Cockroach Problem	p. 181
Traversing Binary Trees	p. 185
Protocol for Streams	p. 193
Class Stream	p. 195
Positionable Streams	p. 198
Streams for Generated Elements	p. 204
Streams for Collections Without External Keys	p. 205
External Streams and File Streams	p. 208
Implementations of the Basic Collection Protocol	p. 211
Class Collection	p. 212
Subclasses of Collection	p. 219
Kernel Support Classes	p. 235
Class UndefinedObject	p. 237
Classes Boolean, True, and False	p. 237
Additional Protocol for Class Object	p. 239
Multiple Independent Processes	p. 249
Processes	p. 251
Semaphores	p. 257
Class SharedQueue	p. 265
Class Delay	p. 266
Protocol for Classes	p. 267
Class Behavior	p. 272
Class ClassDescription	p. 284
Class Metaclass	p. 287
Class Class	p. 288
The Programming Interface	p. 291
Views	p. 292
Browsers	p. 297
Testing	p. 308
Error Reporting	p. 314
Implementation Classes	p. 327
The Graphics Kernel	p. 329
Graphical Representation	p. 331
Graphical Storage	p. 331
Graphical Manipulation	p. 333
Classes Form and WordArray	p. 338
Spatial Reference	p. 340
Class BitBit	p. 349
Line Drawing	p. 351
Text Display	p. 354
Simulation of BitBit	p. 355
Pens	p. 363
Class Pen	p. 365
Geometric Designs	p. 370
Commander Pen	p. 375
Display Objects	p. 381
Class DisplayObject	p. 383
Class DisplayMedium	p. 390
Forms	p. 396
Display Text	p. 400
Paths	p. 400
Image Manipulation with Forms	p. 405
Part 3
The Implementation	p. 417
The Compiler	p. 418
The Interpreter	p. 426
The Object Memory	p. 440
The Hardware and Additional System Classes	p. 442
Probability Distributions	p. 443
Probability Distribution Framework	p. 444
Discrete Probability Distributions	p. 449
Continuous Probability Distributions	p. 458
Event-Driven Simulations	p. 465
A Framework for Simulations	p. 468
Implementation of the Simulation Classes	p. 478
Statistics Gathering in Event-Driven Simulations	p. 491
Duration Statistics	p. 492
Throughput Histograms	p. 495
Tallying Events	p. 500
Event Monitoring	p. 502
The Use of Resources in Event-Driven Simulations	p. 509
Implementing ResourceProvider and WaitingSimulationObject	p. 510
Consumable Resources	p. 515
Nonconsumable Resources	p. 518
Renewable Resources	p. 529
Coordinated Resources for Event-Driven Simulations	p. 541
The Implementation of Class ResourceCoordinator	p. 542
A Car Wash Simulation	p. 544
A Ferry Service for a Special Truck	p. 547
A Bank	p. 552
An Information System	p. 559
Subject Index	p. 565
System Index	p. 579
Example Class Index	p. 583
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