wxWindows changes name

JanC usenet_spam at janc.invalid
Thu Feb 26 22:21:13 EST 2004


"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> schreef:

> Anyway, I have the impression (possibly
> wrong) that WxWindows started out to be compatible with and a clone of
> and was originally named after MS Windows, while the X Window system
> preceeds MSW, so that the cases (and possible court outcomes) are
> different. 

wxWindows started as a cross platform C++ GUI library for "_W_indows" and 
the "_X_ Window System".  That's where the "w" & "x" come from.

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