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From: jk3t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jonathan King)
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Subject: Re: Which HyperCard 2.0 book is best?????
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Date: 14 Sep 90 18:46:46 GMT
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TJACOBS@cc.utah.edu writes:
> Someone posted a comment a little while back about which HyperCard 2.0 book
> is the one to get. Could someone reiterate that for me please.

If what you are really interested in is the many, many new features in the
HyperTalk language, and also want extensive documentation of
bugs/anomalies/special features of HyperTalk in versions 1.2x, then
the book you want is:

Winkler, Dan & Kamins, Scot.  HyperTalk 2.0:  The Book.  
1990: Bantam.  **958 pages**.  ISBN 0-553-34737-3.
US$ 29.95, CAN$ 37.95.

The book ain't perfect, (there are a bunch of weird typos, and the
style is sometimes loose and the index isn't really awesome) but it's
the best description of HyperTalk 1.2 I have ever seen.  I expect it
will be just as authoratative about version 2.0.

And, yes, the first author is the guy who designed HyperTalk in the
first place.

> Thanks.
> 
> Tony Jacobs
> Center for Engineering Design
> University of Utah

jking