If it has a C interface it's likely classes don't strictly mean c++ classes.
My 2c on c++.. It is an extra magnitude of difficulty to get anything more then a few developers to code in a consistent style when working with C++. Requires strict discipline and coding standards. Without such things, it all de-generates at a rate proportianal to the number of developers and amount of code being writen. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlo E. Prelz Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 1:32 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: Switch from GTK to QT (was: ASU software - pre-pre-releaseimpressions) Subject: Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions Date: mar 20 mag 08 08:21:06 -0600 Quoting Travis Tabbal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:39 AM, Carlo E. Prelz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The switch to QT > > *requires* the abandoning of C in favour of C++, a language that I > > personally find unsuitable for use. > > QT is C++, but you can write your code in C and just use the various classes > to get GUI widgets. Funny way to define the concept. I must disagree: if you "use the various classes" you write C++. > I really don't see why someone that knows C would have a > problem with C++. I find some aspects of C++ irritating compared to Java, > C#, Python, etc.. But it's far from "unsuitable for use". I can write both > good and bad code in most any language. And there is nothing saying you have > to write your apps in C++. Subjectively (for me), it is unsuitable for use. I write code as a job (have been doing that for longer than I wish to remember). C and Ruby are my current tools. I know from multiple personal attempts that C++ goes severely against my mental engrams. My ability to pay my bills depends on how smoothly and effectively these engrams operate. I cannot allow them to get disrupted. My complaint is that it would be difficult for me to put my hands into the default apps. They are C++, QT, and expectedly using enough of those creepy C++-isms (possibly, even those yecchy templates or whereabouts). I would be comfortable with tinkering with C>K main apps. On the other hand, I would find C++&QT main apps closed boxes (I perfectly know that I could very well write C/Ruby new code on the OM). > I just find it an odd thing to be so irritated about. I do not know how you received the idea that I was irritated. I am only a bit disappointed (after waiting for this project to produce its fruit for all these years), and I wanted to let Openmoko know that they have lost at least one (early-adopting) client by operating the switch to QT. Later, if I find that the original OM core code works to satisfaction, I may decide to buy the phone just the same. Carlo -- * Se la Strada e la sua Virtu' non fossero state messe da parte, * K * Carlo E. Prelz - [EMAIL PROTECTED] che bisogno ci sarebbe * di parlare tanto di amore e di rettitudine? (Chuang-Tzu) _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
