From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Air traffic control system in Java
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:08:53 +0100
Date: 2011-03-04T23:08:49+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11r65dtrt2dgc$.wmo73qgmr178$.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ikrmfp$bsq$1@speranza.aioe.org
On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:44:27 -0800, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> On 3/4/2011 1:31 PM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>
>>Forget GUI it will be locked in a niche as numeric computations before.
>
> Thank you for your reply. Could you may be explain what you mean
> by the locked part above as it relates to "numeric computations" bit?
Numeric computation once were 100% of all programs. Computers are still
called after them, invented to calculate tables for artillery projectiles.
Who might imagine then that number crunching it now is way under 1%? This
is called "niche."
> on the GUI part, I think making good easy to use GUI is a skill
> few has, and it is very important and will always be, more so
> in the future, because more and more people will want to use computers,
> and making the interfaces easier, will be even more important
> with time. That is why ipad and its relatives are success.
I already explained why GUI will become 0.1% and less.
> I think if Ada, somehow, had a building GUI making ability in it,
> it would have been much more popular.
It is solely money properly invested into a hype campaign, which make a
language popular. Technical merits play no any role. We would live in a
different world if that were otherwise.
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2011-03-03 20:46 Air traffic control system in Java Hyman Rosen
2011-03-03 21:01 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-03-03 21:02 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-03 21:12 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-08 7:26 ` Martin Krischik
2011-03-16 18:21 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-03 21:01 ` KK6GM
2011-03-03 21:13 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-03 21:27 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-03 21:34 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-03 21:35 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-03 21:44 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-03 21:58 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-03 22:16 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-03 23:29 ` Robert A Duff
2011-03-04 2:56 ` anon
2011-03-05 5:31 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-03 22:36 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-03-03 22:40 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-04 0:44 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-03-03 22:50 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-07 12:26 ` jimmaureenrogers
2011-03-07 15:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-03 22:50 ` Rick
2011-03-03 23:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-04 1:07 ` KK6GM
2011-03-04 17:07 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-04 17:24 ` KK6GM
2011-03-04 17:36 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-04 18:00 ` KK6GM
2011-03-04 18:11 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-04 18:18 ` KK6GM
2011-03-04 18:24 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-04 18:51 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-04 20:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-03-04 20:23 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-03-04 21:31 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-03-04 21:44 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-03-04 22:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2011-03-05 1:08 ` Randy Brukardt
2011-03-05 5:15 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-05 6:45 ` Shark8
2011-03-05 7:15 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-05 7:37 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-03-05 7:50 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-05 8:28 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-03-05 23:32 ` Rick
2011-03-06 9:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-03-06 22:47 ` Rick
2011-03-05 9:15 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-03-05 9:27 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-05 9:32 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-03-05 11:37 ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-03-05 20:17 ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-03-05 20:18 ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-03-05 21:58 ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-03-06 0:13 ` GTK Ada, was: " Simon Clubley
2011-03-06 0:47 ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-03-06 16:23 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-03-06 17:09 ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-03-06 21:59 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-03-06 23:52 ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-03-07 0:07 ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-03-06 17:00 ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-03-06 17:54 ` Tero Koskinen
2011-03-05 8:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-03-05 8:14 ` Shark8
2011-03-05 8:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-03-05 8:10 ` Shark8
2011-03-05 9:01 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-06 23:22 ` Shark8
2011-03-07 15:27 ` Julian Leyh
2011-03-05 11:20 ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-03-07 5:06 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-04 20:18 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-03-04 20:31 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-04 17:14 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-04 17:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-03-05 5:25 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-03-04 17:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-03-04 18:17 ` Shark8
2011-03-04 23:40 ` Rick
2011-03-04 8:26 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-03-06 22:23 ` KK6GM
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