From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6511c3dc6e1155c9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny03.POSTED!da342007!not-for-mail From: "stephane richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <2004100517335116807%david@bottoncom> Subject: Re: GWindows and David Botton X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 22:13:07 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.44.81.19 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trndny03 1097014387 129.44.81.19 (Tue, 05 Oct 2004 18:13:07 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 18:13:07 EDT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4758 Date: 2004-10-05T22:13:07+00:00 List-Id: "David Botton" wrote in message news:2004100517335116807%david@bottoncom... > > I would say that GWindows is to CLAW what Borland's VCL is to MFC. > And this is why I said, in another thread, that CLAW and GWindows should co-exist. Because of the difference in minding of both. As you say if GWindows is VCL and CLAW is MFC then there's 2 very different types of users that will want to use either or both depending on their respective backgrounds :-). > The question is, is it worth: > > Creating yet another competing framework (I am sure that CLAW is not going > to disappear either) > Negotiating to get as much of CLAW in to the MPGL space as possible when > RR may not be ready yet to support an alternative financial model > Starting with CLAW and then having to go through the sources to recode for > UNICODE support and other important features needed to support the > advancement of windows beyond Windows 9X/ME > Redoing the creation thread of CLAW for COM/DCOM/ActiveX/.NET > etc. > Well although this would be a free software effort on both, competition between VCL and MFC is what made these two class hierarchies what they are today. I think it would be a good and healthy for both to be actively modified and altered in their own specific mindings. I'm not a peace keeper here....this is my humble opinion :-)