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I think Qt is great, but because its C++ the bindings just aren't there. Python has excellent bindings but that is a huge project in itself. If there was a dec
by ericfrederich 11y ago
I think Qt is great, but because its C++ the bindings just aren't there. Python has excellent bindings but that is a huge project in itself.
If there was a decent C port of Qt then you'd get support for almost every language (well any one worth its salt) through things like ffi.
I'm sure going from your favorite language through FFI to some C wrapper around a C++ library isn't the most efficient thing in the world, but for UI programming it shouldn't matter.
- mahouse 11y agoQt is not a GUI toolkit, it's a goddamn framework. An operating system by itself. :-)
- krylon 11y agoIf you have to develop cross-platform desktop applications, you pretty much have to create an abstraction between your app and the OS interface. Qt makes that relatively easy and painless.