Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Toolkits & User Interface Deevolution Message-ID: <4532@ficc.uu.net> Date: 13 Jun 89 15:11:27 GMT References: <2904@portia.Stanford.EDU> <8906121703.AA01605@godiva.goldhill.com> Organization: Xenix Support Lines: 12 In article <8906121703.AA01605@godiva.goldhill.com>, phil@GOLDHILL.COM writes: > If they aren't learning the X intrinsics and toolkit then by definition > the programmer is not an X programmer. Is this really relevent to anything? The goal is getting an environment where programmers can create reasonably efficient and portable window-oriented applications. If those programmers aren't X gurus, who cares? -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Business: uunet.uu.net!ficc!peter, peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Personal: ...!texbell!sugar!peter, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com.