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Re: AWT is dead now
- To: Cedric Berger <cedric at wireless-networks dot com>
- Subject: Re: AWT is dead now
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:01:10 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: Nic Ferrier <nferrier at tapsellferrier dot co dot uk>, "java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com" <java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <s8d73af9.011@tapsellferrier.co.uk><38D7AA69.AF2A85B2@wireless-networks.com>
>>>>> "Cedric" == Cedric Berger <cedric@wireless-networks.com> writes:
Cedric> Well, than show me some real *applications* that uses AWT. And
Cedric> I'm not talking about applets (not very relevant in a GCJ
Cedric> context) or book's examples. I'm talking about real, useful,
Cedric> applications.
I don't know the answer to this, but in a sense it doesn't matter. It
is also important to have it just so we can say that we do. Sad but
true.
Cedric> Yeah, but fortunately, Swing only uses a small subset of AWT.
I'm not picky. I wouldn't reject a patch just because it implemented
the part of AWT used by Swing and nothing else. :-)
Tom