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Implementation of the Smalltalk programming language

VisualWorks is a cross-platform implementation of the Smalltalk language. It is implemented as a development system based on images, which are dynamic collections of software objects, each contained in a system image. Wikipedia →

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Grundkurs Smalltalk -- Objektorientierung von Anfang anJohannes Brauer · 2004
Smalltalk by exampleAlec Sharp · 1997
The Smalltalk developer's guide to VisualWorksTim Howard · 1995
The Smalltalk developer's guide to VisualWorksTim Howard · 1995

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