From: Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>
Subject: Re: A community Windows binding
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 01:36:42 GMT
Date: 2004-10-09T01:36:42+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <KgH9d.9844$M05.267@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2smd6iF1mo0mcU1@uni-berlin.de>
Nick Roberts wrote:
> The window manager calls -- via callbacks, or (better) dispatching --
Callbacks and dispatching are essentially the same thing in a windowing
system. You have to write little pieces of code that can be invoked in
any order at any time outside your control. You have to use global
variables extensively for these little pieces of code to communicate.
The code is difficult to read because you have to understand all these
little pieces to understand any part of the software.
With an event queue approach, one writes standard imperative software
using your standard imperative language (Ada's about the only one). The
code is well structured and easy to read and understand.
--
Jeff Carter
"I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK."
Monty Python's Flying Circus
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2004-10-05 23:28 ` A community Windows binding Stephen Leake
2004-10-06 4:26 ` David Botton
2004-10-06 17:42 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-07 16:33 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-07 17:37 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-08 2:39 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-10-08 2:43 ` Nick Roberts
2004-10-08 4:56 ` tmoran
2004-10-08 23:17 ` chris
2004-10-09 1:31 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-09 1:36 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2004-10-09 3:15 ` Steve
2004-10-09 6:23 ` tmoran
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2004-10-15 1:12 ` Stephen Leake
2004-10-15 20:36 ` David Botton
2004-10-17 13:25 ` Stephane Riviere
2004-10-09 13:20 ` Stephen Leake
2004-10-10 9:04 ` CBFalconer
2004-10-10 14:39 ` Stephen Leake
2004-10-14 16:54 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-14 16:53 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-10 3:38 ` David Botton
2004-10-14 16:46 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
[not found] ` <rSftVP19_F@VB1162.spb.edu>
2004-10-08 8:18 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-10-08 1:36 ` Stephen Leake
2004-10-06 4:28 ` CBFalconer
2004-10-06 6:02 ` tmoran
2004-10-06 11:35 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-10-06 14:04 ` Steve
2004-10-06 6:22 ` Fionn mac Cuimhaill
2004-10-06 17:18 ` Nick Roberts
2004-10-07 6:38 ` Frank Piron
2004-10-07 9:44 ` Ross Higson
2004-10-07 16:39 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-07 22:27 ` Ross Higson
[not found] <41664D4E.7040405@netcabo.pt>
2004-10-08 21:38 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
[not found] <uacv0hhj0.fsf_-_@acm.org>
2004-10-10 18:05 ` Stephen Leake
2004-10-10 18:17 ` Andre
2004-10-10 20:55 ` tmoran
2004-10-11 0:34 ` David Botton
2004-10-11 0:39 ` David Botton
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