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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:31:13 -0500
"WokieSux282@ud0s4.net" <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote:

> Actually none of the graphics toolkits are particularly 'elegant' or
> great joys to use so go with what seems easiest for the job.
> 
> Mostly if I need something with a quickie GUI then I use Lazarus/FPC
> when possible. The WYSIWYG form builder with a zillion possible
> options is WAY nicer than the line-at-a-time TK approach plus Pascal
> looks much nicer than Python or 'C'.

It boggles my mind that all these years later, Visual Basic is *still*
(putting aside design issues with the language itself and bugs/oddities
in the runtime) one of the very few examples of a "GUI-builder" IDE/
language that really does it *right.* FPC/Lazarus looks like another,
but it's truly baffling to me just how clumsy and awkward the majority
of the rest are.

(Like, apparently people pay *actual money* for B4J, despite the fact
that it appears to have been designed as an experiment in psychological
warfare.)