I don't quite follow your last point, unless you're mocking wxWidgets. Qt doesn't require you to jump to the C++11 bandwagon, unless you want to. In fact, tha

I don't quite follow your last point, unless you're mocking wxWidgets. Qt doesn't require you to jump to the C++11 bandwagon, unless you want to. In fact, that post even explicitly highlighted how the old signals and slots will continue to work, and how several of the new Qt macros are no-ops on legacy C++ compilers. Seems like Qt's got your back no matter what your attitude on modern v. older C++.