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[gtk-list] Re: Why is gtk+ written in C?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lokh)
Tue Oct 13 16:22:30 1998

From: Lokh <Patrice.Fortier@aquarel.fr>
To: gtk-list@redhat.com
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 22:08:23 +0200 (CEST)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.981013125846.22495E-100000@harper.uchicago.edu> from "Havoc Pennington" at Oct 13, 98 01:01:31 pm
Resent-From: gtk-list@redhat.com
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Just to add my $0.02 on this list: 
 
>  - portability

... of correct C++ compilers.
When S&P started gtk there was no good portable C++ compiler. The only
non-proprietary (and so, portable) one was g++ 2.7, which is just crap.
Things have changed with egcs, but this is not the point.

>  - author preference  

>  - customizable object system which allows bindings to other languages,
>    including C++ (Gtk--)

I don't this was a strong argument at that time (although it is currently
a strong one).

>  - Unix default language

And in particular, Gimp default language.
Gtk isn't called Gimp ToolKit for nothing (it was call Gimp T.K., then 
GNU T.K, then Gimp T.K again AFAIK)

Lokh.

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