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From: markus@tuhold (Markus Stumptner)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Book Query (_Creating a User Interface ...)
Keywords: Smalltalk, user interface
Message-ID: <1064@tuhold>
Date: 28 Jun 88 20:26:09 GMT
Organization: Institut f. Angewandte Informatik, TU Vienna
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According to some of the email sent to me, info concerning the 
Mystery Of The Fourth Smalltalk Book is of interest to a lot of 
people besides myself. Therefore, here is a summary of the
answers I received:

The book (_Smalltalk-80: Creating a User Interface and Graphical 
Applications_, formerly announced by Addison-Wesley) has not been 
published yet and won't be for quite some time (if ever). 
Apparently, this is so because the Smalltalk team are not so happy 
about the Model-View-Controller approach to the ST-80 user interface 
and are currently examining new paradigms.  

Written material for those who don't want to wait for the book:
Apparently, ParcPlace Systems has a report on the MVC that they
give away for the asking. So, ask them, or your local ST-80 distributor. 
I do not know how much material concerning the MVC is 
contained in the new Wiener/Pinson book, but yet another book which
is to come out soon, allegedly dwells upon it in some detail.

Thanks again to those who answered my initial question


    Markus Stumptner
    Technical University of Vienna
    Paniglgasse 16, 1040 Vienna, Austria

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