> I mean, threads, IO abstraction, collections... i have always wondered why Qt has a tendency of re-inventing everything. Qt is a very well known cross-platfo

> I mean, threads, IO abstraction, collections... i have always wondered why Qt has a tendency of re-inventing everything. Qt is a very well known cross-platform application development framework. Qt does not reinvent everything, it just provides basic cross-platform modules, much like Java, and modules that leverage Qt's basic features such as their signals-slots, event loop, multithreading support, etc.