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Re: QT not quite C++
by Micha Bieber on Thursday 15/Apr/2004, @01:21

I don't know GTKmm but I find this line of argumentation always a bit - sorry - infantil. You say about yourself, that you are a C programmer but judges something (in practice) more or less unknown to you (C++/Qt) using buzzwords like 'modern'.
When compilers came out able to support templates, I used them with excitement. It is such a cooool language feature. It is - but it has his limitations. You will become aware of this, when you try something non-trivial with them - and trivial things too: I recommend you a search on the net for an article from Andrei Alexandrescu in "C++ report" (out of print) or "C++ user journal". He tries to implement there a max template max<T,T> in an absolutely satisfying way. It wasn't successful - and Andrei was well aware of this (and mocked of himself). So, feateres alone are nothing.
To Qt:
They implemented their extensions in a very pragmatic, but still useful and sensible way. Give them a try and then come back.

Micha

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