Re: [boost] Re: thoughts on a GUI component library

From: Alan (alan-boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-20 22:46:34

* Dave Harris <brangdon_at_[hidden]> [2004-12-19 08:05]:
> In-Reply-To: <877e9a1704121705302ac4bce4_at_[hidden]>
> > Not sure. In computer graphics you specifically talk about
> > "axis-aligned bounding boxes". To me, "box" is the 3d version of
> > "rectangle".

> As I realised towards the end of my previous post, perhaps we shouldn't 
> care about 2d graphics, either. It's not so clear-cut because windowing is 
> also 2d; it's easier to see a continuum between them.

    Actually, I find the idea of a 2d Boost algorithm library
    intreaguing, more interesting than a widget wrapper library.

    When I look at how algorithms are composed in generic
    programming, the ability to compose drawing algorithms makes a
    a lot of sense.
    
    The ability to have the compilier hard wire a text box that
    converts to long doesn't do much for me.

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Alan Gutierrez - alan_at_[hidden]