We are willing to put some time into this at our end. We are in the process of replacing our Java desktop apps by Clojure apps. Removing Java code is a mid-term goal that we want to keep in our scope as we move on.
Anything to reduce code size is a welcomed. How and when do we start this ? Luc P. laseray <lase...@gmail.com> wrote .. > Let the best decider of a GUI toolkit be based on pragmatism and > design philosophy. > > To that end Swing wins. > > Clojure runs on JVM and takes advantage of anything Java that it does > not provide for in a Lispy way. > Swing is just another one of those things automatically there, which > can have a nice layer to make it more useful, interesting. > > Clojure does not include any extra libraries, except ASM, to operate. > Won't need any extra ones by using a Swing-based layer. > > Clojure is completely cross-platform with supported OS for Java. A > Swing layer will be also. > > Clojure can already create simple GUIs with Swing in a few lines of > code. It can only get better with a dedicated layer. > > Swing is already a good selling point for Clojure. It actually is > promoting Clojure to have read Swing support intrinsically. > > You cannot say these things about any other toolkit at this time. > > I am willing to do some work on the Swing layer, if it is wanted. If > others want to work on SWT, Tk, etc. they can do that. > That's what it comes down to, where the effort is put. > > I will step up to put some of mine behind the Swing-based one, anybody > else? > > Voting and debating points are okay, but results are better. Swing is > already a result, a layer is just furthering it. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first > post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
