Re: Cocoa Books (was New to Cocoa)
Re: Cocoa Books (was New to Cocoa)
- Subject: Re: Cocoa Books (was New to Cocoa)
- From: "Brian E. Howard" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 20:22:18 -0400
On Friday, October 11, 2002, at 07:24 PM, Andreas Mayer wrote:
I think it's quite difficult to write a book in a language that is not
your first one.
(But then again - I'm not a writer, so I don't really know.)
I _am_ a writer--novels, gasp--and I can assure you that it is plenty
hard to write well in your first language! A really good editor is
key. Heller's title for his first novel was Catch Seventeen! His
editor changed it to Catch-22. I know full well that I'm asking for
the moon and the stars pleading for a "well written" beginner's book on
Cocoa programming, because having also written technical manuals I know
just how much work it is to get it right. It would be a rare person,
indeed, who had the depth of knowledge vis-a-vis Cocoa, Unix, Obj-C,
NeXTStep history, et cetera, _AND_ knew how to teach well, _AND_ a
command of English. Such a person is out there, somewhere, and Apple
should make it a top priority to find him or her, and pay really big
bucks. Over four billion in cash, so they can afford to invest in the
future; that's what I'm after. As I said, it's too late for me.
Brian E. Howard
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