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From: leipold@eplrx7.UUCP (leipold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Getting started with Mac programming
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Date: 4 Oct 89 13:32:51 GMT
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In article <4543@internal.Apple.COM> rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) writes:
>
>I have to agree with Mr. Matuszek, and disagree with Mr. McClennen's 
>rebuttal. 90% of what you need is in Vol I,  and most of the rest is in 
>Vol II. Eventually you'll want the rest, but a novice won't need them 
>right away. (One error Mr. Matuszek made: Vol IV applies to the Mac Plus, 
>and came out before the SE and II.)

This is the straight skinny!  When you're getting started in Mac programming,
you don't need highly-detailed, accurate information about every single
whiz-bang contraption on the latest high-end Macs; what you need is a
document that helps you build a correct mental model of the Macintosh.
Only after you have a valid model can you write software that will work.

And anyway, a lot of _good_ programs written before the introduction of the
Mac Plus (and IM vols 4 & 5) run on my IIcx today.

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"As long as you've lit one candle,                         Walt Leipold
you're allowed to curse the darkness."       (leipolw%esvax@dupont.com)
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