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From: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Inside Macintosh: Will we ever see a revised, updated edition?
Message-ID: <10938@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Date: 17 Mar 90 18:51:18 GMT
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Reply-To: mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus)
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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> Phil and Dave's Excellent CD is not, and will not be available through
> APDA. This is due to the fact that the CD contains several unfinished
> or untested items that are considered too preliminary for general
> distribution through APDA...
>
> Rick Fleischman

Yes, but APDA will ship preliminary documentation for other products without
hesitation.  Here's an example: Macintosh Communications Toolbox.  The first
beta documentation released was very hard to comprehend.  The sample code
was nearly useless.  The manual contradicted itself in several places.  But
it was still useful for the information it contained.

So put out Phil and Dave's CD anyway, label it beta, and we will be happy.
I realy don't think we will mind wading through the problems.  (Or how
about this:  Ship the current version for people who need something like
it, and provide an automatic upgrade to the final version when it is
released.)

-Michael

p.s.  Did anyone notice this sample function prototype at the beginning
      of the CommToolbox final draft document:

         PROCEDURE GetDown(andBoogie: ONEMORETIME);

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