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,aca1259beaaf752f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-02 18:22:01 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GUI development: Windex vs. GTK vs. Anything else References: <92tkou$mvj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 02:20:19 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.190.201 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com 978488419 24.20.190.201 (Tue, 02 Jan 2001 18:20:19 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 18:20:19 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3600 Date: 2001-01-03T02:20:19+00:00 List-Id: >IMHO -- Win32 development is a moving target and the only viable option >if you really decide to pursue this direction will be via BINDCOM. Other >API's that I have seen are either somewhat incomplete or otherwise >fraught with pitfalls. There are also some advantages to using Ada-style concepts in a "thick" binding. See our Tri-Ada paper on-line at www.rrsoftware.com for discussion.