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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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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