On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:13:41 -0400 (EDT) Allin Cottrell <cottr...@wfu.edu> wrote: > You say you're learning C++. If you have good reason to do that, > then fine, but note that GTK itself is written in C and is > C-oriented. Using C++ will complicate matters. You say you're new to > this, so let me point out that C and C++ are separate languages and > although C++ interfaces for GTK are available (gtkmm) the more > standard development path is to use C with GTK.
To put the counter argument for someone who says he is a newbie, I think you are looking at this from the wrong direction. The GTK+ headers are in the subset common to C and C++, and can be used in either language (there is also no need to use gtkmm in C++, and sometimes good reasons not to do so). The real question is what language best suits the problem space the program is trying to solve. For some things, C++ is better (in my opinion). With C++11 auto variables, variadic templates and particularly lambda expressions, it is quicker to write code for some problem areas using C++ than C. The GTK+ code you write for a graphical interface will look pretty much the same in either language, if you are not using a wrapper, for the reasons I have mentioned. In other words, GTK+ is the servant and not the master in language choice here. Chris _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
