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From: alexis@panix.uucp (Alexis Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Need intro-to-Mac for programmers
Message-ID: <1990Dec4.011317.25224@panix.uucp>
Date: 4 Dec 90 01:13:17 GMT
Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY
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I have some friends who are struggling with "event driven programming" on
PCs. They are clever enough to realize that that term is a complete red
herring, and also clever enough to realize that us Mac types have already
blazed this trail. So they are looking for some good books on the subject.
They do _not_ need to know the gory details of low-memory variables, or even
how not to make a fake handle- they're not coding for the Mac (yet). What
they do need is an overview of programming theory and guidelines, including
some definitions. So any such book should cover things like "What's an event
loop?" and "How should I organize my code?". Details of Mac coding are OK
but are not important.

I've thought about this, and the only books I know of assume that you've
already got this basic concept. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
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Alexis Rosen
Owner/Sysadmin, PANIX Public Access Unix, NY
{cmcl2,apple}!panix!alexis

p.s.- Posting's OK but email's better. Most people reading this group are
way ahead of this stuff, so I won't follow up _unless_ there's demand, in
which case I'll post a summary.