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Separating application code from toolkits: eliminating the spaghetti of call-backs

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Proceedings of the 4th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology table of contents

Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States

Pages: 211 - 220

Year of Publication: 1991

ISBN:0-89791-451-1

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Brad A. Myers

School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA

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SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
SIGGRAPH: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
H. Information Systems
H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
Subjects: User interface management systems (UIMS)

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design

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