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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-14 18:45:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Eric Merritt Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 18:44:01 -0800 (PST) Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1008384302 31789 137.194.161.2 (15 Dec 2001 02:45:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 02:45:02 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <3C1A61A6.22695C98@worldnet.att.net> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17943 Date: 2001-12-14T18:44:01-08:00 > That is the route taken for the Java Abstract > Windowing Toolkit (AWT). > In Java 2 the Java Foundation Classes were added. > Among those classes > is the Swing GUI toolkit. Swing components are > mostly implemented only > in Java. This allows programs to provide a > consistent look and feel > across target platforms. It also provides a much > slower GUI > interaction due to the inherent performance problems > of Java. Actuall the slowness of swing results mostly from its poor implementation and the heavy reliance on the MVC pattern. Although the MVC pattern is a nice pattern it is pretty heavy and overhead intensive for an interpreted language like java. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com