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How does one pronounce 'wxWidgets'?
I myself always pronounce it 'wix-widgets' but as I'm not a native English speaker I'm not entirely sure that's correct.
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I also pronounce it as w-x-widgets. I think the official one is wix-widgets, although the w and x are actually from Windows and X-Windows back when Julian only had a port for Windows and Linux. So if they are two seperate abbreviations, w-x-widgets sounds more accurate ..
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Please be aware that the name originated in 1990, when Julian wrote something for a company he worked for (if I am correct) that had to serve as a layer between Windows and X-Windows. It was originally called wxWindows, until Borland wanted to use it in BuilderX. Then Microsoft paniced and wanted to see the name changed. So it became wxWidgets.
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