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From: paul@u02.svl.cdc.com (Paul Kohlmiller)
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Subject: Re: Think C / Documentation
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Date: 9 Nov 90 17:37:23 GMT
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cheshire@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Stuart David Cheshire) writes:

>In article <1990Nov8.161941.8062@watcsc.waterloo.edu> negandh@watcsc.waterloo.edu (Neil Negandhi) writes:
>>I am thinking of purchasing Think C V4.0 but before I do, a few questions:
>>
>>I plan to run it on a 1 meg Mac+.  Is this sufficient for the programming
>>environment?
>>
[ Questions about documentation ... ]

>Think C 4.02 is great. It just about runs on a 1Mb Mac+, but not the source
>debugger which needs to run under Multifinder. Anyway you have little choice -
>I'd recommend it as your best option.
Lightspeed C worked with 1 MB but Think C 4.0 would not run "Hello World" unless
I got rid of all of my INITs. So 1MB is a very tight fit.

>The documentation is fine for writing simple UNIX-style command line programs.
>If you want to write Native Mac style programs you ALWAYS need IM 1-5. No way
>round it. They're so complete (and definitive - ie. from Apple) that no one
>has ever tried to write an alternative. However, Macintosh Revealed may be 
>useful as a suppliment. IM can be a bit cryptic.
When I got Think C it came with some special deal that included a book by 
Cartwright and Reed (sp?). The book is a help but it is not IM and it did not 
fit with Think C 4.0 but the earlier version instead.
Good Luck.
Paul K.

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