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From: bloom-debbie@cs.yale.edu (Debbie Bloom)
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Subject: Re: sys & lang standardization?
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Date: 21 Nov 90 17:19:13 GMT
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In article <4200046@m.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
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>If we don't do something soon about the complexity of programmer
>interfaces to windowing systems, then this area will have to be
>standardized since the complexity and learning necessary to take full
>advantage of these interfaces is enormous.

You might enjoy some articles in this month's CACM which highlight reasons
to standardize graphical user interfaces.

(The articles on Women in CS are interesting too.)

-Debbie