From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 18 Apr 92 06:35:54 GMT From: sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!nstar!towers!grafted!dappe l@lll-winken.llnl.gov (Dave Appel) Subject: Re: Open comment to Ted Holden Message-ID: List-Id: mfausett@bbn.com (Mark Fausett) writes: > dappel@grafted.UUCP (Dave Appel) writes: > > >Also, there is no "Standard C". Ansi C and K&R C are *NOT* > >"standards" that are adhered to. Talk to the people at > >Aldus corporation, the people who wrote PageMaker. They > >have PageMaker on the Mac and PageMaker on the PC. Only > >about 80% of the code is identical between the two systems. > > > >Graphic handling and system calls are still too different. > > > So, > How does Ada solve this problem; should the language become the OS? > Wouldn't an Ada version of PageMaker differ between platforms as well? > Mark Fausett > mfausett@bbn.com My point was not that ADA solved those problems, but was to counter Mr. Holden's point that C/C++ is some kind of "universal" or "North American" standard. C/C++ is not a panacea. Maybe someday X-windows will become a universal standard. But now, in the personal computer world (note lower case letters) there exists several GUI's: MS-Windows, OS/2's Presentation Manager, Mac's GUI, X-windows ala Motif, X-windows ala Open Look. And coming down the pike are: IBM's "Pink" operating (the one being developed by the joint IBM/Apple thing for the Power Platform nee' RS/6000 ) MS-Windows-32, and MS-Windows-NT. -- Dave Appel The Grafted Branch BBS 317-881-4369 internet: dappel@grafted.UUCP uucp: ..!uunet!grafted.UUCP!dappel = = Grafted Branch BBS (317) 889-6997 2 Gig on-line = =