Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Path: utzoo!utgpu!radio.astro!helios.physics!dooley
From: dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley)
Subject: Re: Need good C reference....
Message-ID: <1989Oct30.134647.15503@helios.physics.utoronto.ca>
Reply-To: dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley)
Organization: University of Toronto Physics/Astronomy/CITA
References: <2595@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 89 13:46:47 GMT

In article <2595@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> consp11@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Optimist Prime) writes:
>I already have one book, "Inside the Amiga with C," but it's not one all that
>good, I'm afraid.  Can anybody recommend some other titles?  Even if they're
>obscure - I've got friends around who can help me locate 'em.

I started my Amiducation with this book and very quickly found its
shortcomings also.  While the Rom Kernel Manuals are really vital
to any large programming project, I found them a bit too overpowering
at first.  Eventually you will need them, but until then I recomend
Rob Peck's book "Programmer's Guide to the Amiga."  It will get you
started on some of the more subtle things that "Inside the Amiga"
misses (like now that I have a menu strip set up, how do I know which
item has been selected...you know, little stuff) without bogging down
in all of the detail that the RKM's throw at you.  I wish I had bought
Rob Peck's book first!  (Thanks for doing it right, Rob).
		Kevin

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