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Re: Swing Application Framework Dead

From	David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Swing Application Framework Dead
Date	2012-03-05 16:26 -0500
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On 04/03/2012 5:15 PM, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
> Like I suggested before, the definition of "lightweight" used most often
> these days, often by technical types who should know better, is as
> marketing-speak and it usually is meant to convey "easy to understand"
> or "not complex" or "10 minutes out of the box"...in those cases where
> it's not simply a buzzword meaning "best of breed".

In ancient times a lightweight/heavyweight meant "done within the 
program" vs "done by invoking the operating system, as in threads vs OS 
processes, and Swing JComponents vs AWT components. Something could be 
both complex and lightweight back then. I suspect you're right that 
these days it has become yet another equivalent of "I want you to think 
it's better than other people's stuff."

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  Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-03 21:17 -0500
    Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-03 21:27 -0500
      Re: Swing Application Framework Dead markspace <-@.> - 2012-03-03 20:00 -0800
        Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-04 09:31 -0500
          Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-04 14:34 -0500
      Re: Swing Application Framework Dead "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-03 23:52 -0500
  Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-03-04 17:27 +0100
    Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-04 12:59 -0500
    Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-04 13:58 -0500
      Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-04 16:31 -0400
        Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-04 16:13 -0500
          Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-04 16:20 -0500
            Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-04 21:03 -0500
          Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-03-04 22:20 +0100
            Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-04 18:15 -0400
              Re: Swing Application Framework Dead David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-03-05 16:26 -0500
            Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-04 17:44 -0500
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            Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-06 07:06 -0500
      Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-03-04 22:18 +0100
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      Re: Swing Application Framework Dead Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-04 20:55 -0500
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