Re: [gtk-list] Re: announce: yet another gtk+ C++ wrapper (no caps as Owen suggest)

[Mario Motta <mmotta guest net>]

On Wed, 09 Sep 1998, Guillaume Laurent wrote:
>Ionut Borcoman at home <borco@mailbox.ro> writes:
>
>> So why don't give an opportunity to gtk+ users to choose from
>> several C++ classes ?
>
>Because
>
>- it's confusing to the users
>

i do not think that gtk+ users will be confused, they are not are babies or
stupid and can judge what is good and what is garbage :-)

>- it would be a duplication of a rather heavy effort (keeping Gtk-- up
> to date with gtk+ is no small task, believe me),
>
difficulties are not good reasons to block others possibilities or enterprises,
GNU manifesto encourages all efforts and is born to deny such mentality,
only users should made the last sentence :-)

>- there does not seem to have any technical reason why the VDK
>  "goodies" could not be added to Gtk--. I'll certainly look into it
>  whenever I have the time.
 >
you are right, no "technical" ones, simply the will to make Gtk+ easier  and provide 
more possibilities to the users. I believe that having more than one choice is
better than having only one.

regards

Mario Motta
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