Re: What are eggs?

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On 01/01/2010 10:31 AM, Dov Grobgeld wrote:
> While trying to make a up a family for a new widget, I got reminded of
> seeing the term "egg" over the years in relation to gtk, but I never
> really understood what it means, who came up with the concept, and how
> it is "supposed" to be used?

libegg is just a dumping ground for code/widgets that are not ready for 
glib/gtk yet.  the egg_ prefix makes it rather easy to find/replace them all 
to, say, gdk_ or gtk_ later.

> My guess is that it is related to real eggs that are abiding their time
> to hatch, and in the same way experimental concepts are abiding their
> time? Is that it?

I've heard stories about eggs and bacon and breakfast, that kind of stuff.

Cheers,
behdad

> Thanks!
> Dov