Re: Custom model in gtkada?

["Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com>]

Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:

> In the mid-1980s I considered how to implement a windowing system in
> Ada, and decided event queues were the simplest and clearest approach. I
> then used actual windowing systems, with callbacks, and saw nothing to
> change my mind. I've used CLAW, which uses type extension and
> overriding. When I used JEWL, which has an event queue, it was much
> easier to use. This is in part because JEWL is a simple windowing
> library, without the power and complexity of more complete systems. But
> it's also in part because, despite my familiarity with callback
> libraries, the event-queue model is simpler and more intuitive.

Event queues are such a wonderful thing. I had a period of fever in which
I'd program every multitasking program with event queues. It was going to
the extreme, but there are valuable lessons there.