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From: Oleg Zabluda <zabluda@math.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: maturity of the STL as a standard in the C++ standard library
Date: 1998/06/24
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Martin Aupperle <1xx754.273x@compuserve.com> wrote:
: On 18 Jun 1998 15:24:30 GMT, jkanze@otelo.ibmmail.com wrote:

: >
: >With regards to the problem of using the lowest common denominator, at
: >least between the windowing systems I used, Windows NT is the lowest common
: >denominator -- any X-Window system offers all of the functionality of
: >Windows, plus some.
: >
: I must be missing something. Can you please tell me (us?) how to do
: something like DDE or OLE with plain X? 

X is not a kitchen sink of all the features in the world.
There is no reason to put any of this stuff in X. DDE and OLE
on Unix is spelled CORBA.

Oleg.
-- 
Life is a sexually transmitted, 100% lethal disease.


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