> 
> > fortuntately, i am tasked to help design an systems programming course
> > here at the ateneo. we have already gone through a lot of material on
> > this and it would definitely be a Makefile/C/vi environment.
> 
> I would add CVS, gdb and Emacs rather than vi as well.
>
i already plan to add CVS since we do it here already. might as well teach
students to do it too. emacs vs. vi will be the students decision na lang.
i prefer using vi not for any particular reason except that it is small.
 
> > however, to add spice to students lives, we would like to include a GUI
> > programming part. this is also make students "see" their applications.
> > i have narrowed down some possible toolkits to use for this:
> >
> > X/Motif
> > X/gtk
> > tcl/tk
> 
> Good call! Being able to see an application's interface and know it's
> working is incredibly satisfying and provides great positive feedback for a
> developer.
> 
> I'd vote for Tcl/Tk for it works out-of-the-box on Windows and Mac as well,
> making it easy for your students to very quickly prototype and polish their
> interfaces on
> whatever computer is available.
> 
thanks for you input on this. i will take note of it.
 
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