Re: [gtk-list] Re: Why is gtk+ written in C?

[George <jirka 5z com>]

On Tue, Oct 13, 1998 at 10:08:23PM +0200, Lokh wrote:
> >  - portability
> 
> ... of correct C++ compilers.
> When S&P started gtk there was no good portable C++ compiler. The only
> non-proprietary (and so, portable) one was g++ 2.7, which is just crap.
> Things have changed with egcs, but this is not the point.

until every unix has a good standard compliant compiler installed on it,
it won't be portable. not even C has completely reached this goal, C++
is very far from it

George