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Subject: Re: need help learning amiga programming
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Date: 12 Dec 90 18:31:57 GMT
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In article <1859a224.ARN2584@starsoft.UUCP>, david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey)
says:

>> the Amiga ROM KERNEL manual:Libraries & Devices and it seems to be sketchy
>> on many things.

>To me, the Libs & Devs manual is THE BEST amiga programming manual.

>All of the example source code is avaliable on a couple of fish disks.

>What "things" are sketchy?

While the RKM is a nice (and essential) reference book, it's not designed
to teach people how to program the Amiga, which is what the original poster
was asking about. The RKM *is* sketchy; it assumes you bring a good deal of
knowledge with you to begin with. And I agree that the choice of 'C' for
examples is a bad one. (Unless you're a C wizard. Most people aren't).
Unfortuntely, there aren't many (any?!) good books about programming the
Amiga in general that I know of. (And I mean USEFUL books, not re-writes
of the RKM!!!!!).

-- Dan Babcock