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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:36:15 -0500
From: Lisa Ing <lisa.ing@ica.net>
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David Malone wrote:
> Does JDK manipulate X-Windows as it GUI?

Java libraries are suppose to be independent of the 
machine that you are running, but I cannot see how
it can be if it must call Windows libraries on 
MS-Dos machines and X-windows libraries on Unix 
machines.
Does Java have its own GUI then?


Edward Ing