From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-19 23:23:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!wn3feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!rwcrnsc54.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada References: <9vqa2k$8rc$1@nh.pace.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <0mgU7.12939$xl6.1151328@rwcrnsc54> NNTP-Posting-Host: A3gU7-145608-xl6-1148536@rwcrnsc54 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc54 1008833020 A3gU7-145608-xl6-1148536@rwcrnsc54 (Thu, 20 Dec 2001 07:23:40 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 07:23:40 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 07:23:40 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18136 Date: 2001-12-20T07:23:40+00:00 List-Id: > I'd agree that covering Windows and Unix would account for most things. > However, I still think there might be a least-common-denominator problem. It > would probably be better for Ada to have its own kind of GUI engine - > althought that (like anything else) has its own set of problems. Based on a grand total of two data points, I'd hazard that the cost/benefit ratio of replacing an app's GUI when transporting it, is not especially unreasonable. There is value in a GUI that makes the user feel comfortable, and it may not be all that much work. (The two data points are converting Dining Philosophers (ANSI.SYS) and Mine Detector (GtkAda) to MS Windows (Claw). Admittedly they are small apps, and Mike Feldman and Jeffrey Carter's good design made the job much easier. But hey, lots of people make claims with even less data. :)