In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Michael Sweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Mac OS X, Cocoa separates the GUI from the app using "nib" files
> which are localized - that allows the translator to tweak the size
> and placement of controls based on the text used.  Like Motif, this
> approach has an overhead, however Motif used text resource files
> while nib files are binary serialized objects...

Maybe, but I think the primary factor was the complexity of the rules of 
rc files themselves. They were looking for expressiveness, like if most 
of the users would be willingly to customize the GUI in the minimal 
details (I admit sometimes I did that on irix ;)).

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