Re: [gtkmm] Probably a stupid Gtk+ question

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

>If Gtk+ is built on an object model, why did those folks go to such
>(rumored to be) herculean lengths to build one in C, instead of just
>using C++?  I can think perhaps language bindings had something to do,

a *lot* to do with it. binding scheme/perl/ruby/php/python to C++ is
to all effects and purposes so hard as to be impractical. when you add
in the instability of the C++ ABI, even if you loved C++, its a pretty
clear choice.

--p