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>> Look for example at Qt, it is supposed to be a UI framework but it ends up implementing vectors, strings, json parser and who knows how much more stuff. But
by phkahler 1y ago
>> Look for example at Qt, it is supposed to be a UI framework but it ends up implementing vectors, strings, json parser and who knows how much more stuff. But it's just 1 dependency so it's fine, right?
Qt is an application development framework, not a GUI toolkit. This is one reason I prefer GTK (there are things I dislike about it too).
- r0ze-at-hn 1y agoI remember back in the early 2000's that discussion, but now with the the tonnage that systems like npm can pull in I laugh that we ever thought it wouldn't get worse.