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From: mrimages@beach.gal.utexas.edu
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Subject: Re: Suggestions of beginner C books?
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Date: 4 Jun 91 04:23:34 GMT
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In article <22133@cbmvax.commodore.com>, ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) writes:
> In article <91154.103753UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) writes:
>>
>>Finally, I bought the Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual:  Libraries
>>and Devices, Addison-Wesley, 1990.
>>
>>All the other books were a waste, compared to this one...
> 
> Just wait until you see the 2.0 manuals.  No, they're not done yet,
> but I can tell you from personal experience that the Intuition chapters
> have undergone a major facelift.  However, you may not like the change.
> Gone are all the sentences like "Intuition gazes deeply into the essence
> of every event it sees."  Gone are the style notes from Jimm and RJ (boy
> is Peter mad, he never got his 15 minutes of fame!  :-)  The examples
> have also been re-done, hopefully they're more readable (depends on how
> you like your braces.)
> 
> One final note:  In general these will not be compatibility guides.  The
> new manuals show how to do things the 2.0 way.  If you are interested in
> programming under 1.3 or being compatible with 1.3, you might want the
> current set of RKMs as well.  (Oh, great, Addison Wesley will love me.
> What a plug!)
> -- 
> --
> Ken Farinsky - CATS - (215) 431-9421 - Commodore Business Machines
> uucp: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com   or  ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken
> bix:  kfarinsky



When will these be available? I am putting off buying RKMs until the new set
comes out.

R. Luebbert
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