From: adrian@ora.COM (Adrian Nye)
Subject: widgets vs. gadgets
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> I've been using the XmGraph widget that's been floating around and I
> noticed the performance is significantly better using Gadgets, perhaps
> even 100% faster.  I had heard in an old programming course that gadgets
> were no longer any benefit to performance, and that it's just as well
> to use widgets everywhere. 

Interesting, I'd like to know why.

But try it again on a single ethernet with 100 X terminals on it,
and I think you'll find it much slower.

Adrian Nye
O'Reilly and Associates
