> Qt uses pointers That statement lies somewhere between simplistic and out-right wrong. Qt uses pointers just like C++'s smart pointers use pointers. https:/

> Qt uses pointers That statement lies somewhere between simplistic and out-right wrong. Qt uses pointers just like C++'s smart pointers use pointers. https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/objecttrees.html https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/objecttrees.html Moreover, Qt also provides a collection of smart pointers, which are used quite extensively by Qt. https://wiki.qt.io/Smart_Pointers https://wiki.qt.io/Smart_Pointers > meta-objects, pre-precompiler I fail to see the point of your complaint. Besides the fact that Qt's "pre-compiler" is used to transparently support stuff such as UI design tooling and Qt's resource system (which handles embedding images and i8n), Qt's meta-object system also adds the boilerplate code that implements stuff such as event loops, IPC, observers, and message-passing. So, actually, what's your point? This complaint is particularly absurd if we compare Qt with unquestionably modern technologies such as the Android stack, whose build process is jam-packed with precompiler steps and whose project trees are filled to the brim with XML-based DSLs. > inheritance over templates, little use of the standard library These complaints make absolutely no sense at all. > need I say more? ...Yes? You actually failed to make a single point, let alone presented a rational argument to back your assertion. > It is leaps and bounds beyond other things - but those leaps and bounds are into the past. This jab is simply stupid, more so in light of your complains.