Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 16:18:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT 55-174 DOT hy DOT cgocable DOT ca>
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On Thu, 15 May 1997, Roberto Alsina wrote:

> > Yes, but what do you think? That all the programs use the Athena widgets?
> > Heck, either they use Motif (which I don't have, so all applications have
> > libXm *static* linked), or they each use whatever widget kit they fancy
> > (which amount to about the same as if they were static linked).
> 
> Well, once upon a time, Athena was all there was ;-)
> Now, why discard X? Just try something like KDE (http://www.kde.org). 
> Most important programs, only one widget kit, pretty looking, fast and lean.
> All GUI-configurable. All apps look the same (well, almost the same, right 
> now ;-)

I'll try to get this...

> > > > "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be
> > > > regarded as a criminal offense." - Edsger W. Dijkstra.
> > > 
> > > I thought Dijkstra said that about BASIC, not COBOL?
> > 
> > It's in "Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective"... I do
> > remember he made a similar comment about BASIC.
> 
> Looks like that guy didn't like too many languages 8-)

Hmm... Well, what would you say of COBOL or BASIC? ;-)

Pierre Phaneuf

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be
regarded as a criminal offense." - Edsger W. Dijkstra.