merits of dynamic loading and runtime type identification in a GUI?

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1 total messages Started by Gregory Lampshire Fri, 31 Jul 1992 14:26

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Author: Gregory Lampshire
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 14:26

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I would appreciate if anyone could point out a paper or a discussion which  
argues the merits of dynamic object code loading and runtime type  
identification in GUI appilication kits.  What I am wondering is if ObjC  
is inherently better then C++ for building GUI application kits.  I would  
hope that the argument would be based on some software engineering  
principles etc of cohesion,  coupling etc...  I would also suppose that in  
the best case CLOS or Smalltalk-80 would be the ideal but I am mainly  
interested in maintaining some rudiments of runtime efficiency and C  
compatibility.


I am wondering if it is inherently better to write a GUI application kit  
in C++ or in something like ObjC.


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Gregory Lampshire 
Virginia Tech 
Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering
gbol@rglnext.geol.vt.edu (NeXTmail welcome)
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My opinions are my very own and do not reflect the opinions of any  
employer

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