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Ha, I didn't know the name came from incrementing W. Surprised I haven't seen a Y window system. A quick search shows that there have been several, but none suc
by modeless 2y ago
Ha, I didn't know the name came from incrementing W. Surprised I haven't seen a Y window system. A quick search shows that there have been several, but none successful obviously.
Edit: it gets better. Apparently W ran on the V operating system.
- Findecanor 2y agoI have come across projects called X12, Y and Z, but I don't think any amounted to anything. 20+ years ago, I joined a group of open source devs wanting to build a successor to X11, and I suggested "Umlaut" as a working name because of Germanic languages' alphabets typically had letters with umlauts after 'Z'... However, we wanted different things, so we disbanded. I wanted to push network transparency with object capability-based security and SVG-like vector graphics. Others wanted something more similar to what Wayland is today, or even simpler: with 32-bit framebuffers like what SerenityOS has. Today I think perhaps a capability-based windowing systems would best be built on top of a capability-based OS — building it on top of Unix/Linux would be a kludge at best.
- gumby 2y agoIIRC, Symbolics' "Dynamic Windows" window system (later CLIM) was originally called Y windows.
- justin66 2y agoThey could have called Wayland "Y," but we can be grateful they didn't. The Wayland jokes and abuse asking "why?" are already pervasive.
- smcameron 2y agoSometimes I tell people that "vi" is the successor to earlier editors "v", "iv", and "iii" and a couple others I don't remember the names of.
- ForOldHack 2y agoI saw that. You told a Unix joke.
- thomasjudge 2y agoI love this