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I just don't understand it, in this post for example http://tenaciousc.com/?p=1787 http://tenaciousc.com/?p=1787 he is talking about poking around in the kernel

by Meai 15y ago

I just don't understand it, in this post for example http://tenaciousc.com/?p=1787 http://tenaciousc.com/?p=1787 he is talking about poking around in the kernel, but then he develops a Windows-only C IDE? Qt is perfect, I don't understand what the problem is.

avolcano 15y ago
Is it that hard to imagine that maybe he's primarily a Windows user and has previous experience in C# and not Qt?
- Meai 15y ago
  Hm, to me it is. If he knows C, he will know C++ too. Qt makes cross platform development trivial. Linux is a C stronghold. He knows the in&out of the Linux kernel, knows gdb and the gcc. He is making a C IDE, so why not program it in C with GTK+ if not Qt. Yes, all that stuff makes it hard to understand to be Windows-only.
  - gaius 15y ago
    When I need a GUI I still use Tcl/Tk, nowt wrong wi' the old ways and it works a treat on Windows too.
  - gte910h 15y ago
    > If he knows C, he will know C++ too. What? The two languages are only barely related as used in industry. Tons of people use C every day who wouldn't think about touching C++. C++ is rarely used compared to straight C in: OSes Micro-controllers Libraries Lots of users of C also think C++ is a horrid mistake for many application development efforts (hard to find engineers who do C++ right enough vs most other languages). And those same C people have rarely programmed in GUI environments as well.
    - Meai 15y ago
      I agree that C++ is horrible, but I was under the impression that everyone who knows C would have at least learned C++ before discarding it, making it possible to at least use C++ libraries.
      - gte910h 15y ago
        Naw, tons of EE's know enough C to not have to do assembler, but don't get C++ at all. Lots of other people know C because they do extensions for their preferred language. Lastly people know enough C++ to know they don't know C++ well enough to release software in it.
      - antoarts 15y ago
        C++ is vastly different from C. I know C, yet I don't know C++.

by Meai 15y ago

avolcano 15y ago

Is it that hard to imagine that maybe he's primarily a Windows user and has previous experience in C# and not Qt?

Meai 15y ago
Hm, to me it is. If he knows C, he will know C++ too. Qt makes cross platform development trivial. Linux is a C stronghold. He knows the in&out of the Linux kernel, knows gdb and the gcc. He is making a C IDE, so why not program it in C with GTK+ if not Qt. Yes, all that stuff makes it hard to understand to be Windows-only.
- gaius 15y ago
  When I need a GUI I still use Tcl/Tk, nowt wrong wi' the old ways and it works a treat on Windows too.
- gte910h 15y ago
  > If he knows C, he will know C++ too. What? The two languages are only barely related as used in industry. Tons of people use C every day who wouldn't think about touching C++. C++ is rarely used compared to straight C in: OSes Micro-controllers Libraries Lots of users of C also think C++ is a horrid mistake for many application development efforts (hard to find engineers who do C++ right enough vs most other languages). And those same C people have rarely programmed in GUI environments as well.
  - Meai 15y ago
    I agree that C++ is horrible, but I was under the impression that everyone who knows C would have at least learned C++ before discarding it, making it possible to at least use C++ libraries.
    - gte910h 15y ago
      Naw, tons of EE's know enough C to not have to do assembler, but don't get C++ at all. Lots of other people know C because they do extensions for their preferred language. Lastly people know enough C++ to know they don't know C++ well enough to release software in it.
    - antoarts 15y ago
      C++ is vastly different from C. I know C, yet I don't know C++.