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: 103376,714a8558b02b32bb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-20 11:45:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GUI was Re: why Ada is so unpopular ? Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:42:52 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <100r17jsabt5a3a@corp.supernews.com> References: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4582 Date: 2004-01-20T13:42:52-06:00 List-Id: "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrnc0q2fu.7as.randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@k-083152.nt.ntnu.no... > On 2004-01-20, Georg Bauhaus wrote: > > Preben Randhol wrote: > >:> that available from Adobe. This could then serve as a foundation to host > >:> XForms. > >: > >: Why would we want to use a library that *only* works on one OS. I > >: thought the point was a *portable* library. > > > > XForms is intended to be not only "portable" but also abstract. > > I wasn't talking about xforms. I was commenting on that one could use > CLAWS I think he was talking about the abstract design of CLAW, not the windows-specific implementation. Something like it, with the Windows-specific stuff filed off, would make a very decent basis for a higher-level, portable GUI library. We've looked at doing that for the sockets portion, and it isn't too hard. It would be harder, of course, to do it for the rest of it, but by no means impossible. Randy.