From: web2ed@... (Edward Wilson)
Date: 2002-08-26T10:25:36+09:00
Subject: Re: A Repeat: New Language After Ruby?

> However, and there always is one, there is one thing that drags me back 
> to Java which I despise. A cross platform GUI as standard. I think that 
> this is what turned alot of people onto Java, I know it got me. Now if 
> Ruby had one that was part of the standard install for all platforms 
> (Windows, Linux, Macintosh as a minimum) then I could forget all about 
> Java and clear some space on my bookshelf.
> 
> No Tk doesn't count!

This is one of the best most succint posts of the year!  I couldn't
have said it any better; ditto brother.

I have been hoping that FOX would become Ruby's `standard' (for all
platforms and part of the standard distro) GUI lib; as swing is to
Java.

I too can get by writing everything I need as long as the basic
building blocks are there.  Nowadays, if an app doesn't have a gui,
being more than a shell script, it's destined for the thrash bin.

//ed