[aplusdev] Win port revisited (Cross Platform GUI)

[Bob Cain]

I meant to post this to the group and accidentally sent it personally to
stevan instead.  I don't know if it possible but if mail that gets sent
out contained aplusdev at d13.com in the Reply To: I'd stop making that
mistake.  :-)

stevan apter wrote:
> 
> it seems to me that A+ can be retooled along similar lines, independently of
> the mstk gui.  indeed, mike and i have published enough information about
> the k trigger architecture so that, together with arthur's java
> communications class (also public), the motivated programmer can duplicate
> our work without much difficulty.

You guys are generating some great discussion on the options and
tradeoffs.  The real problem seems to be that motivated programmer. 
Anybody got a clue how to scare a few up?

What might make that more likely would be if those of you who are facile
in GUI technology were to agree upon and formally specify an
architecture and high level design for a cross platform GUI with the
likely implementation resource constraints in mind.  The latter
considerations would inlude the size of the pool of programmers that
could and might be motivated to rise to the challenge.  While a good
deal of work in and of itself that first design step is a necessasary
one in any event and could go a long way toward stimulating a full
effort.


Bob
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"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no simpler."

                                             A. Einstein


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