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From: twakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: "HyperCard Scripting"
Message-ID: <6410002@hpcea.CE.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Dec 87 17:37:49 GMT
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Organization: HP Corporate Engineering - Palo Alto, CA
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I talked with some one from Walking Shadow Press on the phone recently about
their new book. For some reasion (he didn't say what) they wanted to get their
new book out ASAP. They made the decision to release it as looseleaf version
untill they could get it printed. The bound printed version is expected
out sometime in Jan. They hope to have it at the MacWorld (they have a booth).
It turns out that the bound book will be cheaper than the current looseleaf
version. Evidently it cost them considerably more to have the pages photo-
copied then to have it printed. I haven't had the oppertunity to look at
the contents yet. 

Danny's book was a good introduction, but I have a difficult time finding
things in it when I need it as a reference. Many important things show
up in one line in a 700 page + book and isn't referenced in the index.
I also sometimes get the feeling that there were some important things
that didn't get adequatly addressed like multi string searches within muilt-
lined, varible length fields.I think something is needed (at least by me)
that builds upon the exellent work that Danny has done in introducing 
Hyperscript. I was hoping that the Walking Shadow Press book would be it.
Oh well.....  Anyone heard anything about Danny's new book on Hyperscript?

TeriAnn Wakeman
Hwelett-Packard Corp. Quality
HPMUG co-ordinator
(415) 857-5057