Best way to start with smalltalk in a windows environment (win 7)

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Linton Caldecott picture Linton Caldecott · Aug 10, 2010 · Viewed 8.6k times · Source

I am a c# developer and most of my friends are much smarter than me, and they laugh at me and start to swear at me in smalltalk. I want to learn this so that I might better be insulted at their insults... and maybe learn a thing or two in the process.

So, what is the best place to start with regard to smalltalk in a windows environment?

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anon picture anon · Aug 10, 2010

The best current free Smalltalk is probably Squeak. This currently out-performs its near relative Pharo, at least on my ancient box, but you should really take a look at both of them.

The big problem with Smalltalk is that there are no really high-quality text books. There's a list of free ones here, but I couldn't recommend any of them strongly. If you decide to use Squeak, take a look at Squeak By Example, which isn't too bad.

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