Excerpted from message dated 12-04-96, Jorgen De Gier to All:

JG>I'm looking for a book which descibes the OS/2 fundentials. I mean,
  >I've programmed Win3.xx and I would like to know why and when to use
  >queues, pipes, multi-threading, SOM and other OS/2 
  >stuff. Most books teach PM programming without indepth OS/2 tricks.
  >Can someone point out a good book, it doesn't have to be packed with
  >examples. Programming language doesn't matter, as long as it makes
  >sense. I've got a funny feeling I'm using OS/2 as a stable Window
  >emulator.
 Hello Jorgen--

    Sorry to be late in answering, but I haven't seen this echo for a while. 
I have found the most authoritative books (for programmers who don't need to
be led by the hand) are published by IBM.  One that I refer to frequently is
"OS/2 Warp Version 3 Control Program Programming Guide."  The
version I use is
pretty old, part number G25H-7101-00. (The "00" says it was the first
edition.)  I noticed that someone had referred you to an even earlier
commercial version of the equivalent manual for OS/2 2.0.  I am sure that
getting the latest original from IBM would be cheaper!  I wouldn't be
surprised if an OS/2 Warp 4 edition were available by now.  (It probably has a
different part number.) Check in wi
th your local IBM sales office, or send an e-mail query to
devcon{at}vnet.ibm.com.

    Regards,

          --Murray  ___
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