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Clinton Jeffery wrote:
>Before I work too hard on that, I will first work
on making "Wi" run on all Icon graphics platforms, instead of just MS
Windows.
I applaud this.
There are arguments to the contrary, but my basic inclination is toward
breadth (portability) over depth (maximal exploitation of a single hardware
platform). Therefore, while a Windows-specific interface would surely be a
boon, I would be happiest to see it work on X, Macs, and whatever other
windowing systems are extant in addition to Windows, even if I had to give
up some Win32 functionality.
On a similar topic, I have not been keen about having to learn proprietary
stuff like Win32 just in order to bring my brilliant numerical software to the
world. I _like_ using standard I/O. I have been asking myself, "how ELSE
could I make some basic "gooey" computational tools available to the
employees of my company, few of whom seem the least bit interested in
typing commands at a shell prompt?" In other words, what I need is an
interface between my program's simple I/O and all the windowing systems
in the universe.
Well, I finally realized that, with a web server and CGI programming skills, I
could do just that--and stick with the programming paradigm I already know.
All the user needs is the browser and a few plug-ins, and that's already a
done deal at my company.
Charles L Hethcoat III
Senior Engineer, Analysis Department
Oceaneering Space Systems, Inc.
16665 Space Center Blvd., Houston, Texas 77058 USA
chethcoa@oss.oceaneering.com
Voice: 281-228-5568 Fax: 281-488-2027