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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,55958fd991db66fe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-10 06:18:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn4feed!wn3feed!worldnet.att.net!208.49.253.98!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Marin David Condic Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Advantage of XML based GUI? (was Re: Ada-inspired OS/Language) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:16:05 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <3D7DF095.C5C705BA@acm.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.b3.f5 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 10 Sep 2002 13:18:39 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (WinNT; I) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28800 Date: 2002-09-10T13:18:39+00:00 List-Id: But do keep in mind that to a large extent, the price is already being paid. Any GUI already takes up a bunch of resources just by being a GUI rather than a command line. When someone builds something like Explorer or Netscape, they've got to ride on top the OS doing a lot of redundant work. Doing something where the GUI engine is also basically a browser means you're consolidating functions and probably the net result is you're using fewer resources. Isn't Windows already increasingly trying to use Explorer as the basis for many OS functions? I think the trend is already started and creating an Ada OS or Ada development/execution environment that uses XML in some manner as the basis for its GUI is just a natural extension of what is already happening in the world. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "I'd trade it all for just a little more" -- Charles Montgomery Burns, [4F10] ====================================================================== Preben Randhol wrote: > > so it boils down to two things: GUI portability and XML being in. Costs > are as I see it increase CPU usage and memory usage. >