<s>
CDK	B-Device
is	O
a	O
library	B-Application
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
that	O
provides	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
widgets	O
for	O
text	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
TUI	O
)	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
widgets	O
wrap	O
ncurses	B-Language
functionality	O
to	O
make	O
writing	O
full	O
screen	O
curses	O
programs	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perl	B-Language
and	O
Python	O
bindings	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
library	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Mike	O
Glover	O
,	O
introduced	O
as	O
version	O
4.6	O
in	O
comp.sources.unix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
version	O
was	O
extended	O
beginning	O
in	O
May	O
1999	O
by	O
Thomas	B-Application
Dickey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
