Re: [gtk-list] Re: ANNOUNCE: yet another gtk+ C++ wrapper

[Ionut Borcoman at home <borco mailbox ro>]

Sven wrote:
> 
> R
> Do you know about the glade program ?
> 
> is VDK not doing double implementation of the same thing ?
> 
> Friendly,
> 
> Sven LUTHER
> 
> N.B. how easy is it to produce code that is not C nor C++ ? scheme for example ?

First of all, have you looked at glade ? Have you looked at VDK ? Or are
you just asking these based only on the subject of the message ? 

I've looked at glade (and try it) and never thought of it as an C++
wrapper of gtk+. In my mind gtk-- was the C++ wrapper of gtk+. Till
Mario made the VDK. 

I, for instance, used to work on M$ Windows. With Borland tools. And I
think Borland C++ Builder and  Watcom/Sybase Power++ are one of the
greatest RAD tools I've ever seen. If you want RAD tools for M$ Windows,
you should check these 2 programs. 

Mario's VDK is very much in the spirit of Borland style of wrapping
unfriendly API calls into a friendly C++ class hierarchy. I liked VDK
from the very first moment, maybe because of the presence of the
properties, maybe because of the other resemblance with Borland's VCL.
And that's why I've decided to start making the tutorial for it. I'm
sure I'm not the best for doing this, but I will try do as much as I can
to promote the VDK.

Most probably is doing 'double implementation of the same thing'. But
similar reasons didn't stop Borland or Watcom do the same thing with the
M$ Windows API calls. And I find their classes better than MFC. So why
don't give an opportunity to gtk+ users to choose from several C++
classes ?

Ionutz