* Re: Doubts About C++
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@ 1995-03-10 23:22 ` R. William Beckwith
1995-03-10 23:33 ` R. William Beckwith
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From: R. William Beckwith @ 1995-03-10 23:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <pkt-0803950829080001@lafitte.ultranet.com>, pkt@ultranet.com
says...
>
>In article <3003357439.214087@naggum.no>, Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
wrote:
>
>> | C++ has better libraries.
>>
>> strictly speaking, this does not follow from your enumeration of
>> libraries, which illustrates _quantity_, not _quality_.
>
>You have to start somewhere. To have a quality library you must first
>have a library. Almost all of the nice languages have *no* libraries
>listed in the PIQUI FAQ.
>>the exact opposite conclusion seems more likely.
>
>The analogy with MS-DOS is not evidence one way or the other of quality.
>Care to stick your neck out and choose a library you would use for
>platform-independent development of a GUI-oriented application?
The X Consortium is working on a platform independent, distributed
(CORBA), GUI and structured graphics library called Fresco. Fresco
supports multi-threading on Win NT and MT Unix's. Check it out in
X11R6.
Since Fresco's interface (API) is defined in OMG IDL, Fresco can
be used from several languages. The `servers' in the X11R6 sample
implementation are written in C++. We are working on an Ada95
implementation. Even C++ and Smalltalk programmers will be able
to use our `nice language' version. ;-)
Fujitsu maintains a nice web page on Fresco:
http://edinburgh.fujitsu.com:8000/Fresco.html
>Scott Turner
>Liant Software Corp., Framingham, MA 01701 USA
>pkturner@ultranet.com http://www.ultranet.com/~pkturner/
... Bill
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