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Think THINK C Programming Fundamentals for the Macintosh 1993

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Think THINK C! Programming Fundamentals for the Macintosh is a 1993 book by Dan Parks Sydow, published by Prima Publishing, Rocklin, California, under its Prima Computer Books imprint in the Prima Practical Programming Series. The title page gives the title as Think THINK C; the cover adds the subtitle and says the book covers THINK C version 6. ISBN 1-55958-388-6, Library of Congress card number 93-085335; first printing.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as xxxiii, 470 pages.[2]

It teaches C and Macintosh programming to beginners. The book came with Macintosh Simulator C, a tutorial program on two disks; the disks are not part of the scan. The later chapters build two complete applications, ShapeMaker and MacCertificate.[1][3]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[3]

  • Acknowledgments, p. xv; Introduction, p. xvii
  • 1 Introduction to C, p. 1
  • 2 Introduction to Macintosh Programming, p. 21
  • 3 C Data Types, p. 31
  • 4 Introduction to Functions, p. 49
  • 5 C Operators, p. 73
  • 6 Decision Making: Looping, p. 87
  • 7 Decision Making: Branching, p. 107
  • 8 All About Functions, p. 125
  • 9 Memory and Pointers, p. 139
  • 10 Arrays and Structures, p. 161
  • 11 Introduction to QuickDraw, p. 187
  • 12 Deeper into QuickDraw, p. 205
  • 13 Resources and ResEdit, p. 229
  • 14 Events, p. 241
  • 15 Menus, p. 273
  • 16 Windows, p. 299
  • 17 Dialog Boxes and Alerts, p. 321
  • 18 Complete Resources: ShapeMaker, p. 365
  • 19 Complete Source Code: ShapeMaker, p. 387
  • 20 One for the Road: MacCertificate, p. 413
  • Appendix: ASCII Character Codes, p. 459

What this book does not contain

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It is a programming book. It has no service procedures, schematics or electrical data for the Macintosh; Apple's repair documentation is in Category:Apple Service Source. The hosted scan is 502 PDF pages, covers included.

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Download: Think_C_Proramming_Fundamentals_For_The_Macintosh_1993.pdf (65.4 MB)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dan Parks Sydow, Think THINK C! Programming Fundamentals for the Macintosh (Prima Publishing, 1993), cover, title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 1, 5-6).
  2. ↑ Open Library, Think THINK C, record OL1446386M, from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sydow, Think THINK C!, Contents at a Glance, p. vi (PDF p. 8).
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