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 16:25:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-xfer2.newshosting.com!yellow.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: <3CBE0457.6E7B82A8@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> <3CBDE85F.9ACFD30@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 23:24:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1019085875 66.75.151.160 (Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:24:35 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:24:35 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22687 misc.misc:6513 Date: 2002-04-17T23:24:35+00:00 List-Id: Kent Paul Dolan wrote: > > "Darren New" wrote:. > > > How about a binding to Tk (of Tcl fame)? I thought GNAT already supports > > that, yes? > > Reasonable, I presume you mean GtkAda, I haven't looked at GtkAda. I would have assumed that had Ada used Tk, it would be called Ada/Tk, just like it's Perl/Tk, Python/Tk, and Tcl/Tk. If GtkAda is actually Ada with Tck's Tk, then cool, let's make that the standard. ;-) > Since there is already a Perl binding to Tk (which (PerlTk) I have > used), the more languages that add in a Tk binding, the better chance > you have of making it the de facto standard; That's what I thought, yah. And it's already portable amongst a wide variety of desktop systems. And capable of supporting a variety of programming interface styles. > I'm not enough of a > theorist to compare it to either the Java GUI or to the various > international standard graphics APIs for superiority, though. It's very simple to learn, too. Way easier than either Java GUI, and relatively high-level, but relatively limited due to being high-level and portable. You don't get 3D, or round windows, or dancing menus with talking paperclips.... wait a minute... that could be a benefit too! -- 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%.