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Then again, browsers are written in C++ and so are almost all GUI apps. We spend most of our time with software that is developed in C++, probably for a good r

Then again, browsers are written in C++ and so are almost all GUI apps. We spend most of our time with software that is developed in C++, probably for a good reason

xyzzyz 15y ago
so are almost all GUI apps This claim is clearly false on Mac OS X and X Window platforms, and disputable on Windows, with the increasing share of .NET apps.
- berkut 15y ago
  No it's not - there's a reason Qt is one of the most mature and well used GUI toolkits in the world by professional desktop software...
  - xyzzyz 15y ago
    How is wide usage of Qt relevant to the claim that almost all GUI apps are written in C++?
- cppsnob 15y ago
  Please, name a .NET app that is widely used on Windows.
- dextorious 15y ago
  """This claim is clearly false on Mac OS X and X Window platforms, and disputable on Windows, with the increasing share of .NET apps.""" Actually it is not. On OS X tons of programs, and especially the very largest, most popular ones, are in C++ (think: Photoshop and the Creative Suite, MS Office, and lots of Apple's own: Safari (webkit) is C++, Final Cut and Logic are C++, etc. Don't confuse the front-end UI code (Cocoa) with the backend. C++ is a first class language in XCode, and you can mix it with Obj-C as Objective-C++. On X Window platforms: besides KDE, some of the most important apps are C++, including Firefox, Thunderbird and Open Office. On Windows there are almost no .NET apps that people actually use --people as end users, as opposed to corporations. Most of the popular stuff, from games, to office suites, to design suites, to browsers, etc are C++.
  - xyzzyz 15y ago
    You just proved the claim that there are many GUI apps written in C++ on OS X and X Window platforms, which is, incidentally, not the claim I find false. What I find false is the claim that almost all GUI apps are written in C++.
    - zerostar07 15y ago
      Can you find one app on your computer that is not written in c++?
      - dextorious 15y ago
        His argument is that if he's using a Mac, a lot of them are written in Objective-C. And if he's using Gnome in Linux, most are written in C. But for Windows apps, commercial apps, cross platform and games, C++ leads by far.
      - xyzzyz 15y ago
        Why, of course. What's more interesting, I can find only one GUI app on my computer that is (probably) written in C++, the web browser I use. Why do you ask?
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Then again, browsers are written in C++ and so are almost all GUI apps. We spend most of our time with software that is developed in C++, probably for a good reason

xyzzyz 15y ago

so are almost all GUI apps This claim is clearly false on Mac OS X and X Window platforms, and disputable on Windows, with the increasing share of .NET apps.

berkut 15y ago
No it's not - there's a reason Qt is one of the most mature and well used GUI toolkits in the world by professional desktop software...
- xyzzyz 15y ago
  How is wide usage of Qt relevant to the claim that almost all GUI apps are written in C++?
cppsnob 15y ago
Please, name a .NET app that is widely used on Windows.
dextorious 15y ago
"""This claim is clearly false on Mac OS X and X Window platforms, and disputable on Windows, with the increasing share of .NET apps.""" Actually it is not. On OS X tons of programs, and especially the very largest, most popular ones, are in C++ (think: Photoshop and the Creative Suite, MS Office, and lots of Apple's own: Safari (webkit) is C++, Final Cut and Logic are C++, etc. Don't confuse the front-end UI code (Cocoa) with the backend. C++ is a first class language in XCode, and you can mix it with Obj-C as Objective-C++. On X Window platforms: besides KDE, some of the most important apps are C++, including Firefox, Thunderbird and Open Office. On Windows there are almost no .NET apps that people actually use --people as end users, as opposed to corporations. Most of the popular stuff, from games, to office suites, to design suites, to browsers, etc are C++.
- xyzzyz 15y ago
  You just proved the claim that there are many GUI apps written in C++ on OS X and X Window platforms, which is, incidentally, not the claim I find false. What I find false is the claim that almost all GUI apps are written in C++.
  - zerostar07 15y ago
    Can you find one app on your computer that is not written in c++?
    - dextorious 15y ago
      His argument is that if he's using a Mac, a lot of them are written in Objective-C. And if he's using Gnome in Linux, most are written in C. But for Windows apps, commercial apps, cross platform and games, C++ leads by far.
    - xyzzyz 15y ago
      Why, of course. What's more interesting, I can find only one GUI app on my computer that is (probably) written in C++, the web browser I use. Why do you ask?
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