Re: Swarm -> Windows-NT...

[Peter Liang]

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> 
> Vladimir raised the issue of a port of Swarm to Windows...
> 
> Well, coincidentally, we are in the process of negotiating
> support from a large company to do just that...
> 
>   However, rather than a specific port of Swarm to Windows,
> we will go the route of making Swarm platform independent
> by replacing the current TK/Tcl / BLT / X-windows GUI
> interface with a JAVA-based GUI. This should not
> have any real impact on user apps, as we already provide
> a set of GUI independent routines in Swarm, so we will
> just translate them into JAVA GUI calls instead of TK/Tcl
> calls.
> 
>   We expect to be done by the fall.
> 
>   We have already determined that Swarm could be ported to
> Win-NT, using TK/Tcl stuff that is already available
> in that environment, but that would not be the right thing,
> and with a port of the Swarm GUI to Java, we will be able
> to rid ourselves of many of the installation problems
> associated with the TK/TCL and BLT packages that have
> plagued Swarm....
> 
>   We'd welcome comments and suggestions on this path. We
> haven't actually closed the deal, but, barring surprises, we
> should be closing pretty soon.
> 
>   And just to reassure Benedikt, we are subcontracting
> this work out, so it will not distract us from our
> documentation efforts ;-)
> 
>   Chris Langton
> 
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JAVA  seems an ideal language because of its built-in multithreading
capabilities.  And it will be portable.  It is a Very good idea.

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