It's a self-contradiction: if "all web is slow" hence all browsers perform badly (-;
It works in theory, but in real life is not usable when goes long path outside of LAN. It's just damn slow.
Maybe core programmers are bored, attracted by shining applications? Matter of mind settings, what is nice and fancy.
/* example-start base base.c */
#include <gtk/gtk.h>
int main( int argc,
char *argv[] )
{
GtkWidget *window;
gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
gtk_widget_show (window);
gtk_main ();
return(0);
}// cc xhello.c -lX11
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(void) {
Display *d;
Window w;
XEvent e;
const char *msg = "Hello, World!";
int s;
d = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
if (d == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open display\n");
exit(1);
}
s = DefaultScreen(d);
w = XCreateSimpleWindow(d, RootWindow(d, s), 10, 10, 100, 100, 1,
BlackPixel(d, s), WhitePixel(d, s));
XSelectInput(d, w, ExposureMask | KeyPressMask);
XMapWindow(d, w);
while (1) {
XNextEvent(d, &e);
if (e.type == Expose) {
XFillRectangle(d, w, DefaultGC(d, s), 20, 20, 10, 10);
XDrawString(d, w, DefaultGC(d, s), 10, 50, msg, strlen(msg));
}
if (e.type == KeyPress)
break;
}
XCloseDisplay(d);
return 0;
}
I like the idea of GNU and FreeBSD coexisting, but for something under BSD to be able to continue without too much worry of being absorbed, then not being able to add back to that code. When BSD has its own programs, I would rather go with that as in Clang or its shells. As for Desktops, there are only so many general ways to have a desktop: taskbars, windows, tabs. I want to use a desktop, and the command line on a terminal. When it comes to sound or certain libraries, I'd rather see more programs drop down directly to something more efficient (drop-in replacements to sidestep bloat), which is common in the BSDs.
OK, lets make this thread a sticky, lock it and come back to it in around 50 years. Perhaps we can get this set up in a poll
I will start...
I predict the last person to write some X11 related code professionally will be 23 years from now (2041).
I predict the last person to write some Wayland related code professionally will be 11 years from now (2029).
Now you guys. The closest prediction wins a round of beers!
See you in 50 years!
DOS: Because it could not support different compilers + librairies.
All these marvellous code for DOS died, unfortunately. So much great softwares and source codes
