From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-09-26T07:25:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Please define these terms

Joel VanderWerf wrote:

/ ...

> I would say that the distinguishing feature of a Framework is that it
> has an overall structure, such as an event loop, which calls back into
> the code developed on top of the framework. A GUI library would
> typically fit this pattern.

Fair enough. I was thinking of Framework in more general terms, like the
overall design pattern kind of framework. Not necessarily associated with
GUI design tools.

I say this because I heard the term framework used in this way before there
was a GUI anything.

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Paul Lutus
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