Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!ginger.acc.com!salt.acc.com!lars From: lars@salt.acc.com (Lars J Poulsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Inside Mac. Message-ID: <1989Dec22.224318.7949@ginger.acc.com> Date: 22 Dec 89 22:43:18 GMT References: <1989Dec14.192047.13685@hellgate.utah.edu> <8576@ttidca.TTI.COM> <37391@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@ginger.acc.com (USENET news) Reply-To: lars@salt.acc.com (Lars J Poulsen) Organization: Advanced Computer Communications, Santa Barbara, California Lines: 29 In article <37391@apple.Apple.COM> mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson) writes: > ... what is the ideal Inside Mac? >Is it bound? 3-ring punched and updatable? Both? Neither? I'd like it 3-ring updateable, and have the update subscription be a feature of APDA membership. > Is it organized according to task? Manager? Alphabetically? There should be an introductory overview, followed by sections by manager, alphabetically. > Does it include Pascal AND C interfaces? How much assembly-language > information? Is it a reference manual? A tutorial? Both? Neither? Yes, it is a reference manual. It should describe the entry points in assembler, Pascal and C (but it should be practical to do this in a generic fashion rather than requiring three whole articles for each routine). But a little tutorial intro would not hurt at all. I think Inside Macintosh vol I was just the right blend. And I'd like to see a supported sample demo available in source form as a companion. TeachText sources in C and Pascal !!!! What better way to get applications developers to follow the interface guidelines than to give them working code and encourage them to copy it !!! -- / Lars Poulsen (800) 222-7308 or (805) 963-9431 ext 358 ACC Customer Service Affiliation stated for identification only My employer probably would not agree if he knew what I said !!