From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f297d5b850ee1e61 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-05 07:12:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news100.image.dk!feed.news.nacamar.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!not-for-mail From: Peter Hermann Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada2005 clear screen etc. Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:12:29 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Message-ID: References: <87f5a614.0303011527.4cb09de2@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sinus.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de X-Trace: news.uni-stuttgart.de 1046877149 2941 129.69.118.70 (5 Mar 2003 15:12:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.uni-stuttgart.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:12:29 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.5.12-20020311 ("Toxicity") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.20-xfs-preempt (i686)) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34908 Date: 2003-03-05T15:12:29+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > As a external library. bravo: however a standardized one. > I don't see the need for it. disagree. (reason below) > I mean next will be > that we should have some sort of GUI standard in the Ada standard. me too. there is a desparate need, indeed. However, we should not destroy bridges behind us. A conventional terminal application in its own right will be used in decades to come. I even had the case to resort to an emergency mode of a program in case of GUI failure, i.e. when the graphical surroundings break, the program continues working in degraded mode. Peter Hermann