Re: C vs C++ for GTK

[Jon Harrop <jon ffconsultancy com>]

On Saturday 24 November 2007 22:11, Patrick wrote:
> I thought that C++ must be the way to go as it can do everything that C
> can "plus plus" but some heavy hitters don't seem enthused with it,
> Linus Torvalds in particular has been quoted as calling it a "horrible
> language".

IIRC, Linus said that specifically in the context of systems programming.

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.

Incidentally, has anyone tried GTK# from C# on Mono?

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