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From: "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." <rleif@rleif.com>
Subject: RE: GNAT, LINUX, KDE
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From: Bob Leif
To: Preben Randhol

Do you have an example where this all takes place on the same PC?

-----Original Message-----
From: Preben Randhol [mailto:randhol@pvv.org]
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Subject: Re: GNAT, LINUX, KDE


"Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." <rleif@rleif.com> writes:

| You build the graphical tool kit out of the markup language rendering
| system. It would then be possible to build a windowing system (GUI) based
on
| Ada tasking. The markup language is for rendering. It greatly facilitates
| creating windows or frames. When one uses a typical Internet application,
| the material one sees is predominantly based on HTML and its environment.
| The use of XML permits the creation of forms, equations, vector graphics
| etc.
|
| I never said that XML was in and of itself sufficient. However, the
| combination of Ada and XML would provide the type of technological
| discontinuity that permits a change in technology. Namely, we go from
| hacking with Windows to software engineering with Ada and XML.

And GtkAda makes this possible, without having to use Javascript
too ;-)

--
Preben Randhol                     "Marriage is when you get to keep
[randhol@pvv.org]                   your girl and don't have to give
[http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/]      her back to her parents." (Eric, 6)