Re: C vs C++ for GTK

[Dan H <dunno stoptrick com>]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:26:25 -0700
Michael L Torrie <torriem chem byu edu> wrote:

> GTKmm is based on some very nice C++ abstractions around pointers,
> providing many of the same benefits as any managed language with
> pure C++.  They are called smart pointers and for GUI development,
> they work very very well.

Isn't "smart pointers" just a reference counting scheme?

--D.