Re: Ada-Oriented GUI

[Andrew Shvets <andrew.shvets@gmail.com>]

On Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 9:33:26 AM UTC-4, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
> I've written on here before that I think the traditional 
> register-callbacks-and-call-a-procedure GUI interface is a hack only suitable 
> for sequential languages, and attempted to describe my idea of how a GUI for a 
> concurrent language like Ada should work. Some have expressed the opinion that 
> such an interface is not possible.
> 
> I've now written a very minimal GUI interface embodying my concepts. It 
> implements text boxes and buttons, as that is the minimum for an example that 
> actually does something faintly interesting. For an example, I've used the 
> Random_Int demo from Gnoga.
> 
> I've also made a quick and dirty implementation of the interface on top of 
> Gnoga, and a version of Random_Int using the interface. Though the Gnoga version 
> of Random_Int is very simple and fairly easy to understand, this version is 
> easier to understand.
> 
> Those interested can find Ada_GUI at
> 
> https://github.com/jrcarter/Ada_GUI
> 
> Those who like programming by extension won't like it.
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Carter
> "Insufficient laughter--that's grounds for divorce."
> Play It Again, Sam
> 126

I agree that it's a "hack".  This seemed like a forced solution for the problem at hand.  I'll have a look at your implementation.