Re: [boost] Reason for Java's Success

From: Joel Eidsath (jeidsath_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-29 15:02:19

Some reason that we don't just copy Java for a standad C++ GUI?  Or is 
there anyone who thinks they can improve on Swing?

Joel Eidsath

Andy Little wrote:

>"Arkadiy Vertleyb" <vertleyb_at_[hidden]> wrote 
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>>As for GUI, the last time I saw a portable one, it sucked.  Yes, I admit, it
>>was 5 years ago, and it was AWT, so maybe thins changed drammatically?  Are
>>modern GUI libraries really able to produce _decent_ cross-platform GUI?
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>I believe AWT has been superceded by Swing:
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>http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/swing/
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>regards
>Andy Little
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