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From: pavel@cornell.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Smalltalk-80 Licenses
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Date: Thu, 9-Jun-83 18:29:21 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  9 18:29:21 1983
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Let me clear up the now cleared air by adding some corrections and 
clarifications to Joe Falcone's message:

	The second book, "Bits of History, Words of Advice" will be delivered
	to your favorite bookstore as a trade paperback on August 1, 1983.

	The third book, "The Interactive Programming Environment", is supposed to 
	get to stores in November, but definitely this year.  It may even make it on
	time...  The statement from Joe Falcone that he has a copy of a draft of this
	is a little misleading; his copy is one complete rewrite back.  It is fairly complete,
	in that it describes the system for which he has a license, but his system is
	also out of date, being the so-called version1.  The system that you can get
	a license for now is being called version 2.  This system includes some very
	substantial extentions and modifications over version 1, including support
	for multiple inheritance, multiple compilers, a complete reworking of the
	classes supporting the standard system views, added functionality in many
	of those views, a spelling correction facility for fixing many syntax errors,
	and the addition of several new utilities, including a system change manager.

	The fourth book, "Creating a User Interface and Graphical Applications",
	contrary to what even some people in the group are aware of, HAS been
	started by Adele Goldberg.  She showed me a folder full of writing on
	it.  However, she points out that all of her books were written three
	times before being released and book four is still working on number one.

	Pavel Curtis
	Software Concepts Group, Xerox PARC