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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Multiplatform considerations
Keywords: Motif
Message-ID: <1991May10.160115.14709@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 10 May 91 16:01:15 GMT
References: <1759@pai.UUCP>
Sender: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Organization: Sony Microsystems, San Jose, CA
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In article <1759@pai.UUCP>, erc@pai.UUCP (Eric F. Johnson) writes:
|> Don't expect application builders to do everything, though. There is
|> still a lot of work in creating commercial-grade software, even if
|> you use an application builder.

This is a very important statement.

The good thing about application builders is that they make prototyping
a user interface much easier.

The bad thing about application builders is that they make it easier to
write lousy applications more quickly.

There are a lot of Motif programmers out there who are not very good Xt
and Xlib programmers, and some who aren't even experienced X users.
There are few things worse than a program written by someone who isn't
proficient at using the target platform.

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