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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: GUI
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"Preben Randhol" <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org> wrote in
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> On 2004-03-27, Martin Dowie <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> > "Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@nbi.dk> wrote in message
> > news:plptaz2ntn.fsf_-_@sparre.crs4.it...
> >> But would that be any better than GtkAda?  Just another non-native GUI
> >> library.
> >
> > Well, Claw is atleast native on Win32 platforms - is Gtk(Ada) native on
> > anything? I don't mean to be rude, I really just don't know!
>
> What is your definition of native? Is Ada native on anything or should
> one use assembly?

Native as in not having to go through a large binding to access the
underlying opertion. Claw is "native" as it sits (almost) directly on top
of the Windows calls. But GtkAda on Windows isn't native as it
doesn't use the underlying OS GUI routines (or at least not in any
way that could be described as close).