From: David Janszen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 2D looks to me like it is sort of a peripheral gizmo, taped and stapled
> onto the actual language. I assume there will be or are offerings from
> outside Sun that better meet 2D's design goals, but feel that it would be
> nicer if Sun had it together in this area.
Well, except for the language syntax itself and whatever's in java.lang,
*everything* in Java is sort of peripheral. How do you feel that Java2D
differs in this respect from, say, AWT or RMI or Applets? They're all just
libraries. Java2D did have the extra burded of having to fit in with the
legacy of AWT's models from version 1.0 onwards. Is that what you mean?
I suspect most third party offerings will tend to build on Java2D rather
than replace it. It would certainly seem a little counter-productive to do
otherwise.
Cheers,
Pete
