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From: frose@synoptics.COM (Flavio Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Performance (also an R5 Toolkit Wish)
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Date: 28 Aug 90 17:27:28 GMT
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Bob Scheifler writes in response to performance complaints: 

"How about a revised Xt implementation instead, one that
doesn't allocate so bloody many bits and pieces?  (Or how
about a new spec? :-)"

Indeed performance improvements for Xt based applications
would be my personal number one priority for R5. But I'm
not sure what is meant by a "new spec" (especially with the
smiley face immediately following).  Would it be a wise
idea to try to invent a replacement for the Xt Intrinsics,
one that has similar scope, but is incompatible in detail
to get better performance?

Yours truly,
Flavio Rose