How to Write Macintosh Software (Hayden Macintosh library books) [Paperback]

Scott Knaster (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Hayden Books; 2nd edition (September 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672484293
• ISBN-13: 978-0672484292
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,584,513 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Great tome on Macintosh programming lore, September 1, 2002

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Manuel A. Ricart "aricart" (Cottage Grove, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to write Macintosh software (Hayden Macintosh library books) (Paperback)

I have owned several of Scott Knaster's books. He used to own the Macintosh programming domain in the late eighties. Sadly I got rid of my Mac OS programming books in the early 90's (never get rid of books) and bought it without realizing I had it once.

This book has several interesting trivia tidbits, but it is 99% outdated. Some of the debugging techniques are useful only if you are still developing for Mac OS 9 and have access to MacsBug. While carbon apps in OS X may have similar restrictions/caveats, the memory representation and debugging techniques are useless because it just doesn't run that way.

As Macintosh programming lore, the rating for this book would be 5 stars, get it if you care about Macintosh programming archeology.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great tome on Macintosh programming lore, September 1, 2002

By 

Manuel A. Ricart "aricart" (Cottage Grove, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to write Macintosh software (Hayden Macintosh library books) (Paperback)

I have owned several of Scott Knaster's books. He used to own the Macintosh programming domain in the late eighties. Sadly I got rid of my Mac OS programming books in the early 90's (never get rid of books) and bought it without realizing I had it once.

This book has several interesting trivia tidbits, but it is 99% outdated. Some of the debugging techniques are useful only if you are still developing for Mac OS 9 and have access to MacsBug. While carbon apps in OS X may have similar restrictions/caveats, the memory representation and debugging techniques are useless because it just doesn't run that way.

As Macintosh programming lore, the rating for this book would be 5 stars, get it if you care about Macintosh programming archeology.