Hi all,

Recently, I was having a discussion with a programmer I really respect. The discussion was about a possible project. The concern for this project was making sure that the graphical user interface would work under any platform. The conclusion was that we would end up using JAVA. Now, I'm no great lover of JAVA, in fact ever since I started programming in PERL 2 years ago, I've started wondering why people would want to program in anything else. The conclusion I have come too recently, is that people use stuff like java because it comes with something perl does not. A GUI API that is truly cross platform that comes with the standard distrobution. The programmer I was talking to pointed out that the JAVA distro is really an environment and not just a language because it comes with all these things. After some thought, I came to the conclusion that the distro of PERL is also an environment but it does not have some of the same advantages.

Would it be a ludicrous idea for PERL distrobutions to come with a GUI API that is unique to PERL. I know from a programming aspect this would be a daunting feat. And at first, I'm sure it would not be included in the standard distro. Actually, at first I'm sure it would only be around as a seperate module. In the past I have seen many modules that would map over other libraries to give access to a GUI library. But from a programming stand point, wouldn't it be easier to have a single API for designing GUI's. I'm not saying get rid of the others. I'm saying introduce one that you know will work under the most platforms.

Of the few languages I have dealt with, PERL has helped me the most with accomplishing the things I want to accomplish. Of late, I have started writing apps for multiple platforms and the GUI issue has started to become a concern. It would be nice if I could write my application once and write it in PERL.

Sincerely :) pete

In reply to GUI by smileypete

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