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From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard/HyperTalk books
Message-ID: <31720@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 26 May 89 15:46:06 GMT
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In article <617taylorj@yvax.byu.edu> taylorj@yvax.byu.edu writes:
>
>I know of four HyperCard reference books.  Only one of them is any good.  It's
>called simply "HyperTalk," by Lon Poole, from Microsoft Press, ISBN
>1-55616-137-3, $5.95.  It's a small pocket-sized reference book, organized
>alphabetically, well laid-out, lots of useful information, not too many errors.
>If you do much HyperTalk programming, you need this book.
>
>
>Jim Taylor
>Microcomputer Support for Curriculum   |
>Brigham Young University               |   Bitnet: taylorj@byuvax.bitnet
>101 HRCB, Provo, UT 84602              |   Internet: taylorj@yvax.byu.edu
>
>I have no connection with Microsoft, Apple, Bill Atkinson, Bill the Cat, or
>anyone else mentioned or not mentioned in this posting.

I do have connections with Apple and Bill Atkinson: I am a member of the
HyperCard engineering team and I too think that Lon Poole's book is
great.  I use it all the time!  And talk about bang for the buck: $5.95
is a very reasonable price, so reasonable that I bought two copies: one
near the Mac, one at bedside.  Highly recommended.

Dan Allen
Apple Computer