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From: dooley@physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley)
Subject: Re: Programming books
Message-ID: <1990Feb8.095436.8481@helios.physics.utoronto.ca>
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Date: 8 Feb 90 14:54:36 GMT

In <498@unicorn.WWU.EDU> n8643084@unicorn.WWU.EDU (owings matthew) writes:
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>	For the person who wanted to know some good books for programming the
>amiga.  Inside the Amiga with C is a good book that assumes you already know C

I disagree.  This was the first Amiga book that I bought and I found it
very disappointing.  It gets you far enough to be able to open screens
and windows and draw on them and even shows you how to put up menus and
gadgets, but then it leaves you high and dry with no idea how to actually
use the information that your IDCMP messages contain.  Consequently, when
it comes time to design that brilliant program you are working on, you
have no idea how to get information from the user.  This book really
had me chasing wild geese until I got smart and bought a copy of Rob Peck's
book "Programmers guide to the Amiga" (or something like that).  Now THIS
is a good book!  It includes lots of useful source examples that do
useful things.  I can't recommend it highly enough.
	Kevin

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