From: see at my.sig (dg)
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:24:37 -0700
Subject: The Future of Tk?
References: <371E964F.C531C2A@istar.ca>
Message-ID: <MPG.11884463ba4ee49b989695@news.nwlink.com>
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In article <371E964F.C531C2A at istar.ca>, eugened at istar.ca spoke thusly:
> For programmers using languages other than Tcl.
> 
> I recently "discovered" the latest stable version of Tcl/Tk (8.05) and
> must say that was quite impressed by the simplicity and ease of use of
> Tk.
> 
> But I also found that while older versions of Tk were using lightweight
> components (Some Java terminology :) the latest version is using native
> components for things like scrollbars and buttons.
> 
> I don't want to say that this is bad for Tcl users but what about all
> the other languages that use Tk? Isn't writting multiplatform GUI harder
> using native components....

Tk does all the hard work, depending on which platform it's compiled for.  
The gui programmer makes the same calls in either case. 
-- 
Don Groves (groves_acm_org)
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