A short bibliography of books, articles, papers useful for learning to program with the Swarm libraries.
| [Goldberg & Robson, 1989] | Smalltalk 80 : The Language, Adele Goldberg and David Robson, 0201136880, June 1989, Addions-Wesley. Abstract. Classic Smalltalk reference. |
| [Kernighan & Ritchie, 1988] | The C Programming Language, K & R, , 2, Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, 0-13-110370-9, Revised, 1988, Prentice Hall, 1988. Prentice Hall Software Series. Abstract. The definitive reference on the C programming language by its inventors. |
| [NeXT, 1993] | Object Oriented Programming and the Objective C Language, NeXT Computer, 0-201-63251-9, 1993, Addison-Wesley. Abstract. This book describes the Objective-C language as it is implemented for NeXTSTEP. While clearly targeted at NeXTSTEP, it is a good first-read to get to learn Objective-C This book is out of print, but availble at the : Apple website |
| [Van der Linden, 1994] | Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets, Peter van der Linden, 0-13-177429-8, 1994, SunSoft Press: Prentice Hall. Abstract. A book for more advanced Swarm users: excellent for information on more abstruse matters of memory-management, linker issues and pointers. Covers much UNIX and C arcana which is difficult to find documented anywhere else (obscure man pages notwithstanding) in an engaging and humourous style. |
| [DiBona et. al. 1999] | Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, Edited by Chris DiBona, Sam Ockman, and Mark Stone, 1-56592-582-3, 1999, O'Reilly & Associates Inc., Sebastopol. |
| [Daniels, 1999] | Marcus Daniels, Agent Simulation: Applications, Models and Tools, October 1999, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago. |