Re: [gtk-list] Re: GTK widget: Round dial

["Eric J. Schwertfeger" <eric cybernut com>]

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, George wrote:

> > I guess most people agree that imlib is a good thing (but not for 1.0)
> > but the worthyness of theme stuff is subject to debate.   Imlib adds pure
> > functionality, but theme offers no real functions other than different looks.
> > I remember the authors of Qt point out why they have only two looks.   Ignoring
> > the license issues, I think Qt offers an example of what professional gui
> > toolkits should be like.   Qt is fast partly because it avoids unnecessary
> > stuff.  Qt's design is clean and benefits both developers and users.
> 
> I wouldn't say adding stuff which doesn't execute will make it slower ...

Well, if it's mixed in with code that does execute, you wind up not being
able to swap in the code which is executing without swapping in some of
the code that doesn't execute. this effectively slows down swapping and
increases memory usage. Personally, I'm all in favor of a small, fast
toolkit that can be easily modified, we just need to put a good bit of
thought into how to achieve both goals.