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From: rht@smsdpg.uu.net (Randy Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: "C Programming Techniques for the Macintosh" [warning!]
Message-ID: <257@smsdpg.uu.net>
Date: 28 Apr 89 19:05:33 GMT
References: <74631@ti-csl.csc.ti.com>
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From article <74631@ti-csl.csc.ti.com>, by holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander):
> In article <28861@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>>Here's a cautionary note for people looking for C books. There's a new
> 
> [bugs, typos, bad programming comments deleted]
> 
>>The bottom line is this: if you're looking for a C book, look somewhere
>>else. There *is* an LSC book due out any minute -- one that is supposed to
>>cover release 3.0 -- and you're much better off waiting for it or buying the
> 
> So tell us more.  Who's writing this great new book?
> 

I dont know that I would call the book great, or even if it is the book
that is referred to above, but I picked up:

	Macintosh Programming Primer
	"Inside the Toolbox Using LightSpeedC"
	by Dave Mark & Cartwright Reed
	Published by Addison Wesly

at the MacWorld DC show. I havent had much time to go through it yet.

It is designed to be an introductory Mac C programming tutorial. I have
only read about 70 pages but is seems pretty good (to a novice). It is
well written and is one of the first books on this subject that I can 
readily understand. (I get the feeling that I am not alone in my search
for a Mac C introductory document) I have not yet had the time to 
try any of the sample code but it was written for use with LSC 3.x and
has a pretty good tutorial on the use of ResEdit. It does _NOT_ teach 
C programming and assumes that the user has at least a rudimentary 
knowledge or at the very least a companion testbook.

If there is enough interest, I will post a (biased??) review when I have
completed the book in about 2 weeks.
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