Backup of David's Google+ Posts

The day I finished reading "The Mote in God's Eye" I read a blog that mentions Crazy Eddie's GUI System. My first thought, "too bad, an attempt at a reusable GUI system that's obviously hopelessly optimistic."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mote_in_God's_Eye
http://www.cegui.org.uk/wiki/index.php/Main_Page