Re: [Haskell-beginners] GUI library

Java did it. Swing just asks the OS for a window and draws in it. Works fairly well...except that a Java (Swing) program never quite acts like a Windows, Mac, or Linux program. And there was a practical use: you got much closer to "write once, run anywhere" whereas the earlier AWT resulted in "write once, test everywhere". The same could be done in Haskell, but it would be a huge time commitment. Tim On Feb 7, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Brandon Allbery wrote:

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Emanuel Koczwara wrote: I'm looking for a library written from scratch in haskell, not high level bindings.

Nobody's going to reimplement an entire graphics stack in Haskell (or any other language, except as a tour-de-force with no practical use); they're going to use existing bindings to a well-tested existing GUI. Rewriting Wx or Gtk+ in Haskell, seriously? Aside from the effort required at the outset, try keeping up with changes to the thing you're reimplementing. Not maintainable and not viable.

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