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From: see at my.sig (dg)
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:24:37 -0700
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Subject: The Future of Tk?
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References: <371E964F.C531C2A@istar.ca>
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Message-ID: <MPG.11884463ba4ee49b989695@news.nwlink.com>
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X-UID: 388
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In article <371E964F.C531C2A at istar.ca>, eugened at istar.ca spoke thusly:
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> For programmers using languages other than Tcl.
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> I recently "discovered" the latest stable version of Tcl/Tk (8.05) and
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> must say that was quite impressed by the simplicity and ease of use of
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> Tk.
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> But I also found that while older versions of Tk were using lightweight
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> components (Some Java terminology :) the latest version is using native
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> components for things like scrollbars and buttons.
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> I don't want to say that this is bad for Tcl users but what about all
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> the other languages that use Tk? Isn't writting multiplatform GUI harder
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> using native components....
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Tk does all the hard work, depending on which platform it's compiled for.
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The gui programmer makes the same calls in either case.
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--
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Don Groves (groves_acm_org)
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