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>>>>> Regarding Re: Can C++ / X empower us to make great apps for the 90's?; leech@cs.unc.edu (Jon Leech) adds:

leech> In article <1992Apr8.105656.10722@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, dave@kanga.lcs.mit.edu (David Sternlicht) writes:
> Bob I agree that the learning curve is high.

leech>     I suspect the steepness of the learning curve is strongly
leech> correlated with how expert a C++ programmer one is.

Actually, it is also pretty well correlated with the documentation (yes, I
know the documentation is gradually improving).

I found I was able to understand InterViews much better after I got so
confused I decided to write my own X11 C++ class library. The process of
having to make the design decisions for my own library made me realize just
why InterViews works the way it does in many places and I was able to
understand it much better (no, I never finished my library, it was a
learning exercise, not a serious project).

What InterViews really needs to take off is an introduction and "rationale"
document to give folks the right mindset to begin programming (I am not
saying it would be easy to generate such a document, mind you).
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