This is an instruction manual for Smalltalk-72, which introduces how to use the system to create, edit, save and retrieve Smalltalk programs.
The Smalltalk-72 instruction manual serves as a guide for users with on-line access to the Xerox Interim Dynabook. It provides an introduction to interacting with the Smalltalk system, including creating, editing, saving, and retrieving programs. The text covers basic concepts such as message evaluation, sending, and receiving, as well as the notions of classes and instances.
This manual is intended for use by those persons with on-line access to the Xerox Interim Dynabook.
The manual is designed to ease the distribution of instructional information to school-age students no younger than high school age.
The format for executing a command file is @