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Unix vendors didn't push C++-only platforms, nearly all the libraries were in C. Contrast to MFC, ATL, COM etc. (Yeah COM was supported for VB too, but C-hosti
by zurn 13y ago
Unix vendors didn't push C++-only platforms, nearly all the libraries were in C. Contrast to MFC, ATL, COM etc.
(Yeah COM was supported for VB too, but C-hostile)
- pjmlp 13y agoExcept for CORBA, ever tried CORBA with C? UNIX enterprise programming was all about CORBA, not C related stuff. That is how we eventually got into J2EE.
- zurn 13y agoThe GNOME guys built an entire desktop environment on top of CORBA and C...
- pjmlp 13y agoI know, and Bonobo is as pleasant to use as COM with C. While it is possible to do so, it doesn't mean it is sane to do it. But GNOME guys always hated C++ with passion anyway, from what I remember in my GTKmm days.