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From: Sandeep Mehta@bebop (Sandeep Mehta)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: books on NeWS
Keywords: books, tutorials
Message-ID: <52791@philabs.Philips.Com>
Date: 18 May 89 12:07:21 GMT
References: <265@shrike.AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM> <52543@philabs.Philips.Com> <33050@sgi.SGI.COM>
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In article <33050@sgi.SGI.COM>, msc@ramoth (Mark Callow) writes:
>In article <52543@philabs.Philips.Com>, Sandeep Mehta@bebop (Sandeep Mehta) writes:
>> This book sounds more like a reference instead of an intro.
>> 
>
>The NeWS book is definitely not a reference book.  If it's anything it's
>an introduction though I still learned a few things from it.
>
>I was one of the reviewers.
>

Sorry, I should have clarified that I was quoting the description I have
from Springer Verlag. It says, and I quote: "...this book is *the* reference
for every programmer and system designer who wants to design software on
the basis of NeWS".

So much for my trusting publishers' descriptions :-(

sandeep
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