Two points. Qt isn't using every C++ feature - it works fine without exceptions and generally feels fairly pedestrian to use (that's a feature). It is very much

Two points. Qt isn't using every C++ feature - it works fine without exceptions and generally feels fairly pedestrian to use (that's a feature). It is very much not a template hell like some parts of Boost. Second, it has QML, which is a declarative UI framework with great runtime performance.