Re: [Perlplusplugin-developers] Hello !

[Steve L. <so...@Le...>]

On Jul 14, 2005, at 8:53 AM, Dmitry Karasik wrote:

>
>  Steve> You could at least try to be diplomatic.  Many people have  
> spent
>  Steve> years of their lives working on Perl/Tk, and all you can do  
> is slap
>  Steve> them in the face!
>
> No doubt they have. I'm sorry for stepping on egos, I admit that  
> Perl-Tk

No ego stepped on here, so no apology required ;)

> might be the most holy cow in the circus, but it is still visually  
> old,

True, it either looks Motiff-ish or Window-ish.  TCL/TK has more  
variety here, so they may take exception with you!

> badly portable, excruciatingly hard to extend, has quite a non-perl
> syntax and messed up namespace, and IMO is basically a huge hack.

However, none of the above do I agree with.

>
> The reason why Perl-Tk pops up first when people look for a perl GUI
> toolkit is a pure coincidence. Again, I apologize for sounding rude,
> I didn't mean to be rude but rather bitter.

I can understand.  When pTk first came out it was still modern.  And  
to be able to write a perl GUI - easily -  was a wonder.  BUu,  
although I'm a devote Unix hacker, I don't do pTk much anymore. I  
still marvel at the OS on the PowerMacs that I use daily, and marvel  
at the MAC OS X GUI, Aqua.  I'm not bitter, just sad that pTk can't  
look that stunning ;)

Steve

>
> /dk
>