The Documentation

Kay C Lan lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com
Thu Oct 25 22:44:18 EDT 2007


On 10/26/07, Stephen Barncard <stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com> wrote:
>
> The original manuals were more than skimpy.
>
> I think you mean the Winkler and Shafer books.
>
>
> >The original HyperCard manuals are hard to beat for parsimony,
> >elegance, and darn good writing in my opinion.
> >
> >       Gregory


Yes, again, the Apple 'Offical' Docs were better than the Rev's 'Official'
Docs, but considering the resources available to Apple it's not surprising.
BUT, the Docs everyone wants are the ones penned by third party interests.
Even the examples given for python and Perl books are all third party
authors. None have been penned by the mother ship.

People shouldn't be saying the Rev Docs should be this or that. People
should be complaining that Goodman, Shafer, DeVoto, Progue et al have failed
to see the vast market of purchasers, stepped into the void to wield their
talent in the direction of Rev books.

Then again, Dan has and didn't follow up, so maybe the market isn't worth
the effort.

So back to a user driven approach we go.

So the Doc thread continues to go around and around in circles. (Death,
Taxes, and the Doc thread:-)



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