Re: Air traffic control system in Java

["Vinzent Hoefler" <0439279208b62c95f1880bf0f8776eeb@t-domaingrabbing.de>]

Randy Brukardt wrote:

> And the work to define a standard GUI to the level required for the Ada
> standard would be immense, especially in order to prevent tying it to any
> underlying target. (We'd want it to work on both Windows and Linux for
> instance, without requiring either of them.) And I don't see anyone really
> stepping up to do that work.

The only languages I know with a built-in GUI (Oberon and Smalltalk) can be
called "failed" in that respect (there are probably more, but I can't know
them all).

Considering what I regularly read in the appropriate newsgroups, even a big
library like the VCL of Delphi is not nearly enough to satisfy its users,
there are a lot of add-ons, third party tools and hacks to get what they
want (and Delphi is even just Windows-only, so we're not even talking problems
of cross-platform GUI).

So if someone expects such a beast can be standardized at all, I'd call him
overly optimistic at least.


Vinzent.

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