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Subject: Re: Looking for good Mac programming references
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From: drenze@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Douglas Renze)
Date: 30 Mar 91 16:07:58 GMT
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In article <1488@sud509.ed.ray.com> fredrp@tdw206.ed.ray.com (Fred Ross-Perry) writes:
>Hi,
>
>As a programmer, I'm new to the Macintosh.  Can anyone receommend one
>or two good books to get me started?  I know about Inside Macintosh, which
>at five volumes seems a bit daunting.  Something with many examples would
>help.  Also, I prefer C to Pascal.
>
>I've started toying around with ProtoTyper and THINK C.  What do you folks
>think of these?  THINK C has its own method for creating an interface, called
>its "class library".  If I use this, I'll be tied to THINK C for life, is
>that correct?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Fred

Well, I'm also learning to program the Mac (and I'm using THINK C).  A fantas-
tic book that I came across is "Using the Macintosh Toolbox With C" by Huxham,
Burnard, and Takatsuka.  It takes you through the toolbox step-by-step with both
code examples and full-fledged applications to show you what to do.
	I'm no programmer (I'm teaching myself how to program C), and this book
is even a huge help to me--that's how well it's written.
	FYI, its ISBN # is 0-895888-572-7, and it costs US $29.95.  I picked
it up at my local B Dalton.
	

Peace and Long Life,

Doug
		internet:  drenze@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
		  Delphi:  drenze

PS,  if the authors happen to read this newsgroup or if anybody happens to know
     them, please pass on my appreciation for writing such a fantastic manual!