simon@alberta.UUCP (Simon Tortike) (07/25/88)
A recent chat with the manager of our university's microstore---a member
of the Apple University Consortium as well as selling IBM and Zenith
products---revealed that they received _very_ few enquiries about
programming on the Macintosh, despite the fact that they sell Mac SEs and
Mac IIs as fast as they can be ordered from Apple Canada. This is in
comparison with the IBM world. Dave (the manager) went on to say how few
programming languages are implemented on the Mac and how few books there
were on the subject. This is of course utter nonsense---I have 2 C
compilers, 2 Fortran compilers, a Prolog, APL, and HyperTalk, alone, plus
a collection of books; and having browsed through MacTutor for several years
I felt I was in a position to explain it to him. I then took a closer look
at thebookshelves in the store and saw only THREE titles on Mac programming:
one on assembly, and two on HyperCard scripts. There are more titles in
a local W.H.Smith (a general bookshop) on Mac programming.
Dave said he was willing to change his opinions and help neophyte Mac
programmers if he saw more titles. I gave him the April APDA catalogue, and
promised to solicit more information. I am therefore requesting help from
the netland Mackers. If anyone reading this has links to publishers of books
on programming the Mac in any language---Pascal, C, Assembly, FORTRAN, Prolog,
Lisp, Hypertalk, spreadsheet macros, Forth, Logo, APL, _any_ language please
would they ask the publisher to send a brochure describing their books to
Dave McLeod
Manager
University of Alberta Microstore
Students Union Building
Edmonton, AB
Canada T6G 2J7
Furthermore, if anyone has a database of such books, please would they let
me know how to obtain it. Is there one on CIS?
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Simon Tortike
Dept Min, Met & UUCP: ...{ubc-vision,mnetor}!alberta!simon
Petroleum Engg BITNET: stortike@ualtavm
Univ. of Alberta AGT: 403/432-3338
Edmonton, AB
Canada T6G 2G6