On 09-Mar-99 Dick Middleton wrote:
>
> BTW I've been meaning to ask for a while: how does xforms compare with GTK.
> It's definitely lower profile but is it better/worse/different?
>
People who use my xforms-based program (technicians) don't know they're not
using Windoze. In going through the available GUIs and especially the GUI
builders I like xforms the best, it's all a matter of personal preference. I
get a sense that TC actually uses what he "sells", all the other builders seem
to be missing a key something that prevents me from actually getting useful work
done. Another point is that xforms isn't strictly for C++ programmers like the
others are, I've looked at MGUI, Motif, GTK etcetera and find the "cost of
ownership" to be the best for xforms.
BTW: I studied physics in college and know FORTRAN and C, I fail to see why
programmers have a need to constantly invent new programming languages that are
bound to be forgotten, Java, TCL/TK, Python, C++, Objective C, SQL, Perl, BASIC,
VB; show me something that can't be done in C, numerical stuff is easier in
FORTRAN (lots of libraries). [sorry, just venting]
...Dan
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