Re: C vs C++ for GTK

[Dan H <dunno stoptrick com>]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:48:05 +0000
Jon Harrop <jon ffconsultancy com> wrote:

> My recommendation is to choose a garbage collected language for GUI
> work as it makes everything so much easier. Lots of GCd languages
> have GTK bindings these days.

Just for the record, garbage collection (which is a good idea) doesn't have to be a feature of the language itself (it isn't for C++, by the way). Just build and link your C (or C++) program with libgc (the renowned Boehm garbage collector) and you're fine.

--D.