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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c32fe290813aec20 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feeder2.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!193.201.147.80.MISMATCH!news.astraweb.com!newsrouter-eu.astraweb.com!newsfeed2.ip.tiscali.net!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.albasani.net!feeder.news-service.com!sn-xt-ams-06!sn-xt-ams-05!sn-ams!sn-feed-ams-01!sn-post-ams-02!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Phaedrus" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: New Ada portable GUI Library? Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:20:23 -0800 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <13oqje6labldu58@corp.supernews.com> References: <6d63c543-0a35-4c39-a330-98c63a24f64d@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <13oqamqf2u54dbd@corp.supernews.com> <4Sbjj.37216$Ux2.22849@attbi_s22> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19424 Date: 2008-01-15T16:20:23-08:00 List-Id: And you'll get better gas mileage, and your laundry will be 40% whiter, your breath will be minty-fresh, and your naughty bits will be both naughtier and bittier... Does it do anything about death and taxes, too? Brian "Jeffrey R. Carter" wrote in message news:4Sbjj.37216$Ux2.22849@attbi_s22... > Phaedrus wrote: >> This might be a silly question, but what is the problem that this >> portable GUI is intended to solve? Is it a portable GUI to help >> professional, seasoned developers to create portable code? Or, is it a >> GUI that will allow newbies to get consistent, pleasant results on any >> platform? Personally, I'd rather see the second one created, to get more >> newbies enthused about the joys of Ada. After all, wasn't someone just >> asking for a simple scientific plot mechanism a few threads ago? > > It's a simple, portable GUI that will allow newbies to get consistent, > pleasant, portable results, and help professional, seasoned developers to > get consistent, pleasant, portable results :) > > -- > Jeff Carter > "Oh Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou > mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." > Monty Python and the Holy Grail > 24