<s>
Component	B-Language
Library	I-Language
for	I-Language
Cross	I-Language
Platform	I-Language
(	O
CLX	O
)	O
(	O
pronounced	O
clicks	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
visual	O
component-based	O
framework	O
for	O
developing	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Borland	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
its	O
Kylix	B-Application
,	O
Delphi	B-Language
,	O
and	O
C++	B-Language
Builder	I-Language
software	O
development	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
aim	O
was	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
popular	O
Microsoft	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
Classes	I-Language
with	O
Visual	B-Library
Component	I-Library
Library	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
CLX	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Qt	B-Language
by	O
Nokia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
API	B-Application
of	O
CLX	O
almost	O
completely	O
followed	O
VCL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercial	O
failure	O
of	O
Kylix	B-Application
stopped	O
further	O
development	O
of	O
CLX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
object-oriented	B-Language
approach	O
,	O
CLX	O
forms	O
an	O
object	O
hierarchy	O
where	O
the	O
TObject	O
class	O
serves	O
as	O
the	O
base	O
class	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
many	O
concepts	O
that	O
were	O
defined	O
with	O
CLX	O
have	O
been	O
implemented	O
with	O
the	O
Lazarus	B-Language
Component	I-Language
Library	I-Language
(	O
LCL	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
Lazarus	B-Language
IDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
docking	O
to	O
different	O
widgetsets	B-Language
,	O
the	O
LCL	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
support	O
an	O
even	O
larger	O
spectrum	O
of	O
platforms	O
including	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
