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From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Ada-Oriented GUI
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I've written on here before that I think the traditional 
register-callbacks-and-call-a-procedure GUI interface is a hack only suitable 
for sequential languages, and attempted to describe my idea of how a GUI for a 
concurrent language like Ada should work. Some have expressed the opinion that 
such an interface is not possible.

I've now written a very minimal GUI interface embodying my concepts. It 
implements text boxes and buttons, as that is the minimum for an example that 
actually does something faintly interesting. For an example, I've used the 
Random_Int demo from Gnoga.

I've also made a quick and dirty implementation of the interface on top of 
Gnoga, and a version of Random_Int using the interface. Though the Gnoga version 
of Random_Int is very simple and fairly easy to understand, this version is 
easier to understand.

Those interested can find Ada_GUI at

https://github.com/jrcarter/Ada_GUI

Those who like programming by extension won't like it.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Insufficient laughter--that's grounds for divorce."
Play It Again, Sam
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