arlo@ssc-vax.UUCP (James Campiche) (01/04/86)
I got two got two good books on programming the Macintosh for Christmas. One is "Assembly Language Primer For The Macintosh" by Kieth Mathews / The Waite Group (24.95 Isbn 0-452-25642-9). I have been programming in Assembly on the Mac by trial and error, until now! This primer has all the answers. The author explains the operation of the Mac Development system (Editor/Assembler/Linker) as well as line by line explanation to all the excellent source code provided. If you are serious about programming on the Mac, this is about the best source available. A+ Also good is "Using The Macintosh Toolbox With C" from Sybex (22.95 ISBN 0-89588-249-3). There hasn't been much available on programming the Mac in C, and this hefty volume, although not as extensive in it's explanations, provides excellent programming examples (to be used with the Consulair C compiler) that reveal a great deal about programming in C. One of the examples is a complete word processor, with file i/o! (Sybex also offers a companion volume in Assembly programming, but it is not nearly as good as the Waite Group book.) If you have either the MDS Assembler or Consulair's C compiler, a copy of Inside Macintosh, and these books, you will never again have to ask embarrasing questions at user groups, revealing your ignorance. Happy hacking!