From: John Howard <jhoward@sky.net>
Subject: Re: Key Abstraction that is coming
Date: 1997/01/06
Date: 1997-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.970106111348.1895A-100000@sky.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 32D03F72.744B@ssd.neca.nec.com.au
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Mark Smith wrote:
[deletions]
> Stephen Riehm wrote:
> > Unix works because programs are expected to communicate with each
> > other, via well defined interfaces, the principle being that the sum
> > of many parts is much greater than could ever be achieved by one
> > whole.
>
> What do you all think?
OpenDoc parts and part handlers. Possibly created as portable Java
applications (not applets or necessarily written in Java language). The
OpenDoc environment is well suited for developing software.
OS/2 v4.0 has OpenDoc, a Java virtual machine, and IBM VoiceType dictation
& navigation. These features should be combined to enable quick
advancements in software engineering.
For instance, consider a GNU-like compiler system represented by OpenDoc
components. The compiler system would allow various programming languages
to be used for developing software products. Vendors of OpenDoc parts and
part handlers could offer enhancements to the compiler system (unlike GNU
this policy should not try to impoverish commercial vendors of compiler
components). And the integrated development environment is adaptable to
satisfy each user.
In a few years it may become commonplace to create and maintain software
by speaking a readable language such as Ada and interacting with OpenDoc.
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-- John Howard <jhoward@sky.net> -- Team Ada Team OS/2 --
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-12-31 0:00 What is wrong with OO ? Ell
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Ian Joyner
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1997-01-01 0:00 ` Tom Bushell
1997-01-02 0:00 ` Thaddeus L. Olczyk
1997-01-03 0:00 ` Case Tools for OO (was Re: What is wrong with OO ?) Mark Smith
1997-01-03 0:00 ` APEX - WAS: " Nigel Tzeng
1997-01-03 0:00 ` Software Development Environments (Was: " Stephen Riehm
1997-01-03 0:00 ` Nigel Tzeng
1997-01-04 0:00 ` "Paul E. Bennett"
1997-01-06 0:00 ` Key Abstraction that is coming Mark Smith
1997-01-06 0:00 ` John Howard [this message]
1997-01-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-06 0:00 ` Software Development Environments (Was: What is wrong with OO ?) Tom Bushell
1997-01-06 0:00 ` drush
1997-01-06 0:00 ` drush
1997-01-07 0:00 ` What is wrong with OO ? drush
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Nigel Tzeng
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