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From: hpoppe@bierstadt.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe)
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Subject: Re: New Mac Programmer -- HELP!  *Commentary added
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Date: 17 Mar 89 14:42:15 GMT
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In article <24945@tiger.oxy.edu> hammersslammers1@oxy.edu (David J. Harr) writes:
>Hear! Hear! I absolutely agree! Let's take it upon ourselves to write the
>definitive Macintosh Programmers Guide (available at your local bookstores
>for the low, low price of only $79.95 [softback]). I think that would be a
>true example of the spirit of USENET. BTW, Joseph, if you do get chosen to
>do this and need any help, let me know. I may not know much about how to
>program the Mac, but I think I can handle organizing material for a book.
								     ^^^^
Book, smook. Its about time we have an electronic version! How about a
Hypercard stack with references linked from here to next Wednesday. You
know, where you are reading a card that has the description of a record type,
and you can click on a field and it takes you to the card containing
the type definiton of that field. There would be a "gotcha" card which
would be the starting point for a thread of links to all the caveats
that are sprinkled throughout IM.

You get the idea. Then have BMUG release it on CD-ROM with a copy on
sumex (or your favorite net archive server).

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