Dan H wrote: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:26:25 -0700 > Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> GTKmm is based on some very nice C++ abstractions around pointers, >> providing many of the same benefits as any managed language with >> pure C++. They are called smart pointers and for GUI development, >> they work very very well. > > Isn't "smart pointers" just a reference counting scheme?
Yup. Poor-man's garbage collection. Turns out to be just the ticket, though, for GUI programming. Because of that, I'd put productivity with GTKmm to be right up there with PyGTK or GTK#. > > --D. > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > -- Michael Torrie Assistant CSR, System Administrator Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 +1.801.422.5771 _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list