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We present the design rationale of a constructor class-based implementation of a graphical user interface library. This library, named TkGofer, provides a convenient way to write window-oriented applications in the pure, functional programming language Gofer.
The principal contribution of the approach embodied in the library is its flexibility and its type security to specify the appearance and behaviour of individual widgets and their composition.
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Vullinghs, T., Schulte, W., Schwinn, T. (1996). The design of a functional GUI library using constructor classes. In: Bjørner, D., Broy, M., Pottosin, I.V. (eds) Perspectives of System Informatics. PSI 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1181. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62064-8_33
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