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'''''Symantec C++: Object-Oriented Programming Fundamentals for the Macintosh''''' by '''Dan Parks Sydow'''. '''Prima Publishing''', Rocklin, California, '''© 1994'''. Technical reviewer: Peter Ferrante. '''456 pages''' in this scan.
'''''Symantec C++: Object-Oriented Programming Fundamentals for the Macintosh''''' is a book by Dan Parks Sydow, published by Prima Publishing (Prima Computer Books), Rocklin, California, copyright 1994. Technical reviewer Peter Ferrante. ISBN 1-55958-633-8; Library of Congress catalog card number 94-066733. The printed extent is xxxi, 426 pages; the scan has 456 pages and a text layer.


'''The book's own title page gives the subtitle this page's title omits''' — it is an object-oriented programming primer that happens to use Symantec C++, not a manual for the compiler. For the compiler's own manual see [[Symantec C++ compiler guide1985]].
It teaches C++ and object-oriented programming on the Macintosh using the Symantec C++ compiler (the first chapter covers creating a project in Symantec C++ 6.0). The introduction (pp. xv–xxvii) describes installing and using the Simulator C++ software that came with the book; the disk is not part of the scan.


Eleven chapters plus two appendices: using the Symantec C++ compiler; introduction to C++ and OOP; the C language; additions to C; classes and objects; derived classes; abstract classes; dynamic binding; objects and the user; windows as objects; a complete example; then '''Getting and Using QuickTime''' and '''Menu Handling'''. The printed book came with "Simulator C++" teaching software, which is '''not''' part of this scan.
== Contents ==
 
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'''Not a repair source.''' This is a software book: no schematic, no parts list, no component value, no voltage and no fault-finding procedure for any machine. Nothing on this wiki should cite it for a hardware figure.
{| class="wikitable styled-table"
! Chapter !! Title !! Page
|-
| || Introduction || xv
|-
| 1 || Using the Symantec C++ Compiler || 1
|-
| 2 || Introduction to C++ and OOP || 31
|-
| 3 || The C Language: The Basis of C++ || 51
|-
| 4 || Additions to C: ++ Means C++ || 77
|-
| 5 || Classes and Objects || 109
|-
| 6 || Derived Classes || 159
|-
| 7 || Abstract Classes || 199
|-
| 8 || Dynamic Binding || 221
|-
| 9 || Objects and the User || 265
|-
| 10 || Windows as Objects || 309
|-
| 11 || A Complete Example || 345
|-
| A || Getting and Using QuickTime || 387
|-
| B || Menu Handling || 403
|-
| || Index || 417
|}


== Related pages ==
== Related pages ==
* [[:Category:Apple Programming Documentation]] — the rest of the collection
* [[Symantec C++ compiler guide1985]], Symantec's compiler guide for the Power Macintosh version
* [[:Category:Apple Documentation]] · [[:Category:Apple Vintage Computers]]
* [[Symantec C++ for the Macintosh The Basics 1993]]
* [[Maintenance Guides]] — for the hardware side
* [[Mastering the Think Class Library 1995]]
* [[Symantec C++ compiler guide1985]] — Symantec's own compiler manual
* [[:Category:Apple Programming Documentation]]


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Revision as of 14:50, 1 October 2026

Symantec C++: Object-Oriented Programming Fundamentals for the Macintosh is a book by Dan Parks Sydow, published by Prima Publishing (Prima Computer Books), Rocklin, California, copyright 1994. Technical reviewer Peter Ferrante. ISBN 1-55958-633-8; Library of Congress catalog card number 94-066733. The printed extent is xxxi, 426 pages; the scan has 456 pages and a text layer.

It teaches C++ and object-oriented programming on the Macintosh using the Symantec C++ compiler (the first chapter covers creating a project in Symantec C++ 6.0). The introduction (pp. xv–xxvii) describes installing and using the Simulator C++ software that came with the book; the disk is not part of the scan.

Contents

Chapter Title Page
Introduction xv
1 Using the Symantec C++ Compiler 1
2 Introduction to C++ and OOP 31
3 The C Language: The Basis of C++ 51
4 Additions to C: ++ Means C++ 77
5 Classes and Objects 109
6 Derived Classes 159
7 Abstract Classes 199
8 Dynamic Binding 221
9 Objects and the User 265
10 Windows as Objects 309
11 A Complete Example 345
A Getting and Using QuickTime 387
B Menu Handling 403
Index 417

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