The problem with your approach is it produces this mess: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/widgets-analogclock.html http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/widgets-ana

The problem with your approach is it produces this mess: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/widgets-analogclock.html http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/widgets-analogclock.html When you could instead say just what you mean in functional programming: http://elm-lang.org/edit/examples/Intermediate/Clock.elm http://elm-lang.org/edit/examples/Intermediate/Clock.elm The most important skill for a programmer is to be able to learn new things. Especially when they're there to help you.