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From: nsb@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM (Nathaniel Borenstein)
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Subject: Re: Abstracting the Windowing System Interface
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Date: 2 Feb 90 15:24:13 GMT
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Yeah, there's less of an argument here than meets the eye.  I didn't
mean to claim that an abstract window system interface solves a lot of
the problems you point out; I was merely taking issue with the notion
that it couldn't be done, which was somewhat overstated.  For a limited
set of goals -- e.g. making applications that are not too graphically
demanding be portable across a wide range of window systems -- it is
certainly posible.  That doesn't address the graphic-heavy users at all,
nor does it solve a host of other problems.  I don't think there's much
left here to argue about.  -- Nathaniel