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From: 75046.606@CompuServe.COM (Larry W. Virden)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X intrinsics
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Date: 15 Sep 89 11:54:31 GMT
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Could someone give me a good set of definitions concerning the difference
between 'intrinsics' and widgets?  I am talking about a layman's
description, assuming that the layman has a computer background.
Is it typical that a company which is doing development in X might need
to create new intrinsics?