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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: why ada is so unpopular ?
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:06:43 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2004-01-19, Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com> wrote:
> I don't know about the Gtk license itself or why GtkAda would have to 
> modify it slightly to enable the writing of proprietary software.

Gtk usees LGPL
GtkAda uses GMGPL

as simple as that.

> aren't supported in GtkAda - a problem that all such bindings have and 
> an argument as to why Ada ought to have its own GUI.)

Well if you look at Java you see that the GUI isn't the same in all
platforms and IMHO the GUI is butt-ugly.

The only benifit of a special Ada GUI would be portability and not
having to use C library.

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