title: Lingo in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))
author:  Bruce A. Epstein 
description: Once again, O'Reilly scores big with a comprehensive treatment of a programming language that doesn't spend much time teaching the fundamentals. <i>Lingo in a Nutshell</i> sets a benchmark for Lingo documentation that no other book or online resource meets.
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  LINGO
  
  
  IN A NUTSHELL
  
  
  _A Desktop Quick Reference_
  
  
  _Bruce A. Epstein_
  
  
  _Cambridge_
  
  
  _•_
  
  
  _Köln_
  
  
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  _Paris_
  
  
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  _Sebastopol_
  
  
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  _Tokyo_
  
  
  _**Lingo in a Nutshell**_
  
  
  by Bruce A. Epstein
  
  
  Copyright © 1998 by Bruce A. Epstein. All rights reserved.
  
  
  Printed in the United States of America.
  
  
  Cover illustration by Susan Hart, Copyright © 1998 O’Reilly & Associates, Inc.
  
  
  Published by O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., 101 Morris Street, Sebastopol, CA
  95472.
  
  
  _**Editor:**_ Tim O’Reilly
  
  
  _**Production Editor:**_ Paula Carroll
  
  
  _**Editorial and Production Services:**_ Benchmark Productions, Inc.
  
  
  _**Printing History:**_
  
  
  November 1998:
  
  
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