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From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Beginning Mac Programing
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Date: 24 Feb 88 18:51:28 GMT
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>>	IT IS GOING TO COST A RESPECTABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY

>>	The above should read ( about $200 + ).  The first thing all
>>Mac programmers need is Inside Macintosh I-V ( yep that's right, all
>>FIVE volumes costing between $20 and $27 each )  These tomes will in
>>NO way teach you to program the Mac, it will simply tell you the routines
>>and how to access them.

I don't think you need Inside Mac to get started. The Chernikoff books give
you enough detail to do the kind of programming a beginner would want to do
without overloading them with information that makes no sense. In some ways,
you may be better off avoiding IM to start with, since the sheer amount of
information will be depressing.




Chuq Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ

     There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.
                              Ken Olson, President, Digital Equiptment, 1977