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- From: keith@taligent.com (Keith Rollin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: IM 1-7 vs New: FILES, PROCESSES, MEMORY Books
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- Date: 26 Aug 92 20:12:10 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.145249.19654@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug26.145249.19654@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, 21602MR@MSU (Mark
- Rosenberg) writes:
- >
- > I am jumping into programming the MAC - All sources say I need IM 1, and
- > a few other IM vols, But Addison Wesley has come out with 3 new books:
- > Files, Processes, and Memory which replace the original IM books??
- > Do I STILL need to get IM v1 (with references to 128k MACs and LISA)
- > or should I get one or all of the New books??
-
- If you can wait (and have the bucks), I'd suggest getting the new books. As
- you've seen, there are three now, and probably about 12 more in the wings. The
- whole new suite is intended to replace the old IM I-VI, as well as many of the
- technotes and sample code that DTS puts out. They are chock full of samples, and
- include a lot more background and tutorial material.
-
- The two issues with deciding to go with the new books are:
-
- - They aren't all out, yet.
-
- - They'll cost a lot more than IM I-VI. The three volumes that you mention run
- $78 in the US, so figure about $300-400 for the lot (IM I-VI comes to about
- $200). Of course, there may be a discount if you get all of them at once.
-
- You also might want to consider having to deal with a new set of errors and
- typos. For those of us who have gotten well used to the old IM's and know where
- all the errors are, it may be disconcerting to have to deal with a new set.
- Hopefully, there won't be that many (as a technical reviewer for them, I
- personally guarantee absolutely no errors in Files, Processes, or Memory :-) ).
- For people who haven't dealt with IM before, this won't be as much of a problem.
-
- --
- Keith Rollin
- Phantom Programmer
- Taligent, Inc.
-