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: 11232c,877ba3d67e73c6c3 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-17 14:25:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news-xfer.newsread.com!bad-news.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!news-east.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CBDE85F.9ACFD30@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Subject: Re: Rant! (was) Development process in the Ada community References: <3CB46975.90408@snafu.de> <3CB77A6B.5090504@snafu.de> <184076622a7c648f157c56e417bd86d4.48257@mygate.mailgate.org> <3CB9375F.8040904@snafu.de> <3CB9AF3C.8030301@snafu.de> <3CBC5281.1040202@snafu.de> <3CBDAAA9.5050302@snafu.de> <555f76f7dd67c7f1678e027353d1a6a1.48257@mygate.mailgate.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:25:15 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1019078715 66.75.151.160 (Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:25:15 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:25:15 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22679 misc.misc:6501 Date: 2002-04-17T21:25:15+00:00 List-Id: Kent Paul Dolan wrote: > Ummm, but arguably Java's fairly instant success was exactly due to > coming with the GUI built in, so that GUIed applets started popping up > all over the Web, evangelizing Java without extra effort by Sun. Well, that and Sun getting it built into several popular web browsers by default. > I suspect that a standard GUI is high on the list of what is needed to > make Ada more popular, and luckily, Ada to Java compilation provides > that pretty much for free already. Is it being used? How about a binding to Tk (of Tcl fame)? I thought GNAT already supports that, yes? -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. The 90/10 rule of toothpaste: the last 10% of the tube lasts as long as the first 90%.