Re: [Dev-C++] any java bindings for GTK+ that work on win32

[Michal M. <mi...@mo...>]

Michael C Urban wrote:

> Personally, I would stick with Swing, because it is not subject to
> Microsoft's whims of changing the API. Why? Because only the lowest level
> functions for creating a window actually use native API calls in Swing.
> Everything else, including buttons, lists, internal frames, etc., are all
> written in Java itself, and have no interaction with the underlying
> Windows API.
> 
> That means it is going to be a lot safer when Microsoft decides to make
> the Win32 API go away. It's going to come depricated in Longhorn in favor
> of the WinFX API, which basically means the Win32 API will gradually be
> phased out of service.

that will never happen, because:
1) MS never changed behavior of an officialy published API (even WinXP 
still supports Win16 or os/2 1.0 apps)
2) there are thousands of application written for Win32 API
3) MS is not more interested in this API as they are focused on .Net GUI API
4) using SWT you are sticked to SWT API not Win32 API
5) you can use SWT/GTK+ on Win32 version if you don't want

but OK, if you think you have enough power for Swing (e.g. Pentium 
XXVIII HT 1233THz, 32423423GB RAM or something like that :-) )