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On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> And the work to define a standard GUI to the level required for the Ada 
> standard would be immense, especially in order to prevent tying it to any 
> underlying target. (We'd want it to work on both Windows and Linux for 
> instance, without requiring either of them.) And I don't see anyone really 
> stepping up to do that work.

The C++ standard also does not include a standardized graphical interface. 
I'm sure the reasons are the same. It hasn't seemed to have hurt C++'s 
popularity much... I'm sure for the same reasons as outlined in this thread.

Peter