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Gosling: If I Designed a Window System Today...

Posted by michael on from the hindsight-is-20-20 dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In his blog entry for the 10th August, James Gosling (finally) publishes a short paper he wrote in 2002 entitled 'Window System Design: If I had to do it over again in 2002'. His design is to make the window system do the absolute minimum and move all the work into the client."

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  1. No thanks by ewe2 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...if it's anything like his language design, I'll pass.

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  2. Re:trust your eyes, not negative comments. by jcr · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    From where I stand, I have no idea what people are talking about when they complain about X. They never say anything specific.

    You want specific? Here you go!

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."