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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, SUBJ_ALL_CAPS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,38d1fe109cd56c87 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Preben Randhol Subject: Re: GNAT, LINUX, KDE Date: 1999/11/24 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 552431319 References: X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no X-Trace: kopp.stud.ntnu.no 943434719 935 129.241.83.82 (24 Nov 1999 09:11:59 GMT) Organization: ProgramVareVerkstedet NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Nov 1999 09:11:59 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-11-24T09:11:59+00:00 List-Id: "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." 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)