Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: A3000UX - Born to run UNIX SVR4 Message-ID: <1991Feb28.131511.8905@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 28 Feb 91 13:15:11 GMT References: <1991Feb17.230217.4906@cc.helsinki.fi> <1991Feb20.013044.15014@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1991Feb23.121100.4978@cc.helsinki.fi> Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 24 In article <1991Feb23.121100.4978@cc.helsinki.fi> jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes: > In article <1991Feb20.013044.15014@sugar.hackercorp.com>, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > > In article <1991Feb17.230217.4906@cc.helsinki.fi> jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes: > >> I must admit that I haven't programmed in AmigaOS. What do you mean by > >> "higher level" windowing? Is there a higher level than objects? > > The objects (widgets) are not part of the X protocol. They're implemented > > in the X library in the application. [...] > Uhhuh? I was talking about _NeXTstep_, not X Windows! Oh, I was talking about X Windows, not NeXTstep. But, if you insist... > NeXTstep is > nothing like X or MAC's system, it is QUITE object oriented in nature. But the objects, written in Objective C, are still part of the application, right? How much does Display Postscript help here? I know it's not as clear a division between the server and the client as in NeWS. I'm talking about the protocol, not the library. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .