Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!bionet!turbo.bio.net!will From: will@turbo.bio.net (Will Nelson) Newsgroups: bionet.software Subject: Re: X-Windows, etc... Message-ID: Date: 13 Feb 91 21:55:11 GMT References: <9102131758.AA16738@genbank.bio.net> Reply-To: will@turbo.bio.net.UUCP (Will Nelson) Organization: IntelliGenetics, Mountain View CA Lines: 15 One aspect of X that Dave didn't mention is that the X protocol can be implemented using a wide variety of languages and operating systems. It has already been implemented in C and Lisp, under UNIX, VMS, DOS, AmigaDOS, and even Unicos on a Cray supercomputer. Many of us feel that the day will come when the underlying operating system will be invisible to the user. You should be able to hop from system to system and your X environment will be what you see and deal with. -- Will Nelson Internet: will@presto.ig.com Intelligenetics, Inc. Uucp: ames!ig.com!presto!will 700 East El Camino Real (415) 962-7363 Mountain View, CA 94040