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From: wdh@well.sf.ca.us (Bill Hofmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: BOOKS
Message-ID: <24066@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 7 Apr 91 00:10:21 GMT
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In article <1991Apr3.164446.9192@potomac.ads.com> jtn@potomac.ads.com (John T. Nelson) writes:
>1) Inside Mac is lacking in some information (MultiFinder for example)
>and is poorly written and organized.
Yup, it has the problem of being a document of a system that has evolved over
time.  Without being looseleaf from the start, it's pretty much impossible.
However, that's what tech notes are for.

>2) Cost.  Them there is expensive books guys.
Have you priced technical books lately?  25 bucks is cheap.  Of course,
you need Vol 1, II, and IV anyway, so there's $75.

>Anyone know if Inside Mac is going to be reorganized anytime soon?
I recently participated in a focus group about IM 2nd Edition, which looks
substantially revised.  Better?  Time will tell.

There's a real tension between a tutorial or cookbook and a complete reference.
I don't think there's another complete (or nearly as complete) reference
for Mac programming available.  IM is not at all useful for learning, though,
so there are any one of a number of good books for learning.  I personally
like Scott Knaster's books, but there are plenty of others.

-Bill Hofmann