Re: new free widget library

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From: Tom Lord
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 00:00

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	some flamer writes:

	#define RANT_MODE

	Big boys need "complicated" and "bloated" widget libraries like
	Motif, and frameworks like Xt, to build and design "complicated"
	and demanding applications.  If anything, in my 10+ years of 
	GUI development, I've often wished Xt/Motif had even *more*
	functionality.  Are you going to build your house with bricks
	or with particle board?

Especially in silicon valley and the entire bay area, with a moderate
climate and a high probability of severe earthquakes, the correct choice of
building materials is obvious.

Incidently, flamer, you say you want *more* functionality.  Good!
Joe wants less complexity and bloat.  Good, good!  Yours are not
contradictory goals.

Anyway, what about Big Girls?  Where do they stand on this burning issue?

-t

-- 


"Programmers are often skeptical of Algorithm T when they first see it."
					Donald Knuth

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From: lord@emf.emf.net (Tom Lord)
Subject: Re: new free widget library
Date: 1997/03/14
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