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Article #38448Re: new free widget library
From: Bo
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 00:00
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jhallen@world.std.com (Joseph H Allen) writes: >the big one, IMHO)). The reason for this post is to get people's opinions >on the current programming interface. The widget library is written in >standard K&R UNIX C, but in an object oriented style which would allow easy >translation to C++. My question is should I stick with the greater Stick with C. There's enough C++ GUI libs available (Qt,V,Amulet,etc) already. This wouldn't have to be a problem if it wasn't for the fact that C++ sucks. I'm still hoping that one day Perl, Java, C++ and all the other hypy crap languages "that you MUST learn" will simply cease to exist. Today its XXX, tomorrow it's YYY. Who cares. Anyway :) >written in K&R C, and is widely portable. However, the widget library is >object oriented and would be somewhat more straightforward to use if it was >coded in C++. Maybe. Not if you aren't really a C++ expert. I know enough of it to see that I don't like it. Did I mention I'm only speaking for myself? I am :) >library. Now I realize that this is a duplication of other work, but I >think other projects are too far away from the bare-bones UNIX/C programming >that we UNIX hackers like (and are likely to use in practice). Hear hear. [rest deleted] It looks nice to me. I've got the following questions. 1) are there any good docs on it? 2) got some demo's on a webpage somewhere? 3) what will be the copying policy? Best regards, Bo -- "Heisenberg may have been here".
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103734,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid103734,public X-Google-Thread: 1103af,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f6356,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6356,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 107393,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid107393,public From: Bo <bo@bikerider.com> Subject: Re: new free widget library Date: 1997/03/12 Message-ID: <bo.858197113@ebony> X-Deja-AN: 225012496 Sender: bo@bikerider.com References: <E6vBxI.MtG@world.std.com> X-Bait: bo@burn.spammer.burn Organization: Ebony Reply-To: bo@bikerider.com Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.editors,comp.programming,comp.object,gnu.misc.discuss Originator: bo@iaehv.nl