Re: larger issue (Re: Linux install misses Tk)

[rossman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ken Rossman - NYC SE)]

> Alan.Harder@Corp wrote:
> 
> 1. A java port would be a LOT of work and would gain very little.

I see a couple of potential gains for the future in a Java port:

  - Greater buy-in/support from commercial Java suppliers.  A Java version
    could well benefit from ongoing commercially supported Java enhancement
    efforts in the future.  Remeber: Java has this interesting thing called
    a "Bean".  Just plug it in and use it (well, OK, I say that somewhat
    with tongue in cheeck :-)

  - Pluggable/configurable look and feel.  So far as I know, there's no
    real way to change the way the current Perl version looks and behaves
    on the screen.  While the Perl PilotManager does a decent job at what
    it has implemented so far, I'd really love to see something that looks
    and acts a lot more like the native Macintosh version I use at home.

I'm thinking more long-term in this case, but I could see where the Java
environment could potentially offer much more in the way of a fancier
graphics look and feel than Perl/Tk can at this point.

But perhaps I speak out of ignorance, not knowing what really IS possible
with Perl/Tk at this point...

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