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- From: matsb@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Opinions on THINK Reference?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.073142.14811@tdb.uu.se>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 07:31:42 GMT
- References: <1992Sep6.152213.12596@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
- Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
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- psweeney@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes:
- :
- : Is Symantec's THINK Reference worth it? It doesn't support
- : IM VI, and I have heard of no upgrades. However, I have
- : seen a friend's copy, and it looks pretty useful.
-
- I'm using THINK Reference and I think it's very good. But there are some
- things that keep annoying me.
-
- * Sometimes the links (when you click on a highlighted word to get more info)
- doesn't work. It takes you somewhere completely different. The same thing
- happens when you click on a link to see what it's about, and then want to
- go back. The back links also fail quite often.
-
- * Some of the info in THINK Reference is wrong. There are bugs in the docs,
- and this can keep you searching for programming bugs for weeks! You still
- need the full IM manuals.
-
- * The THINK Reference usually uses a lot of bad programming techinques in
- the docs and programming examples. They use a lot of constant values
- instead of symbolic names, they access low memory globals, and in some
- places even encourages the programmer to access low memory globals
- instead of using supported toolbox calls.
-
- * It's not complete. Some managers are missing.
-
- Apart from these drawbacks, the program is great! If you are careful about
- the bugs in the docs, the package is really helpful. I keep it loaded on my
- Mac all the time during programming. But I'm waiting for an upgrade ...
-
- /Mats
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- Mats Bredell Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
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