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From: "Ludovic Brenta" <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Binding or not binding
Date: 6 Feb 2007 01:11:20 -0800
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On Feb 5, 9:41 pm, Bj=F6rn Persson wrote:
> I wonder if it would make sense to make a hybrid, or maybe I should call =
it
> an ultra-thick binding. That is, to design an API that makes sense for Ad=
a,
> and write the specifications without regard to any other library, but then
> internally use a portable library like GTK+, QT or WXwidgets - or low-lev=
el
> parts of it - to put things on the screen and take care of the
> cross-platform issues.
>
> But I know very little about GUI libraries so I should probably shut up.

There once was a flurry of such libraries in C++. One that I liked
particularly was YACL (Yet Another Component Libraryu or some such).
It had containers and an abstract GUI toolkit with 3 implementations:
OS/2, Windows, and Motif. I liked its design, but that was before C++
had templates, so now I know better than to like a design where
everything is a descendant of Object :)

Writing such a library is not trivial.

--
Ludovic Brenta.