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[gtk-list] Re: Why is gtk+ written in C?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George)
Tue Oct 13 19:55:41 1998
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:55:13 -0700
From: George <jirka@5z.com>
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In-Reply-To: <199810132008.WAA09377@priscilla.rollmops.dreams>; from Lokh on Tue, Oct 13, 1998 at 10:08:23PM +0200
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On Tue, Oct 13, 1998 at 10:08:23PM +0200, Lokh wrote:
> > - 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.
until every unix has a good standard compliant compiler installed on it,
it won't be portable. not even C has completely reached this goal, C++
is very far from it
George
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