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: 103376,55958fd991db66fe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-10 19:28:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Advantage of XML based GUI? (was Re: Ada-inspired OS/Language) Date: 10 Sep 2002 19:28:43 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <4519e058.0209101828.cb5ff85@posting.google.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.115.221.98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1031711323 27335 127.0.0.1 (11 Sep 2002 02:28:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Sep 2002 02:28:43 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28812 Date: 2002-09-11T02:28:43+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote in message news:... > On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 15:14:13 -0700, Robert C. Leif wrote: > > If Nick Roberts et al. wish to generate some real interest and the > > ability to raise money, call it XMLOS. The GUI would be XML and the > > insides pure Ada. This is essentially what I suggested in my paper in > > the last Ada Letters. > > What is the advantage of having the GUI as XML? I don't get it. Wouldn't > you need a more dynamic language than Ada then? I'd suggest anyone interested in this issue head over to http://www.xulplanet.com/tutorials/xultu/ , and take a look at exactly how this works and what can be done with it. I haven't done so myself yet, so I'll resist the urge to post an opinion of my own here.