Re: A community Windows binding

["Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net>]

IMHO,
  The community Windows binding should not get bogged down in building a
system that is compatable with other OS or windowing systems.
  I am a strong advocate of Ada.  Ada is the best general purpose
programming language I have met to date.  I have met several programming
languages to date, and continue to meet them (C# being the latest).
  I have come to the realization about making the most economic and logical
choices: it doesn't matter.
  When OS/2 was a more stable and uniform OS, the bulk of new development
went to Windows and NT, which at the time was comparatively unstable.  OS/2
was a better choice... it doesn't matter.
  Using Ada is the best choice for much of the development done today.  It
doesn't matter, development is rarely done in Ada.  I think that's why David
Botton has been away from this list for a long period of time.

  For the community windows binding, I think it's best that we focus on
Windows and only Windows (even though it sucks).

Steve
(The Duck)

"Georg Bauhaus" <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> wrote in message
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> CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> : I have been watching this from lurking distance, and it seems to me
> : that you are all missing the point.
>
> I think the point is Windows programming, not general GUI
> programming. There are things that make OSs and GUIs look
> and feel different. In particluar, if your program uses
> Windows specific features, how do you define an interface
> that uses Windows specific features on *BSD/X, say?
>
> How would you define an interface that is capable of being
> ported to _both_ Windows and 8 1/2 (the Plan 9 graphical
> interface)?
>
> -- Georg