From kde-core-devel  Fri Mar 07 17:58:41 2003
From: Alexander Kellett <lypanov () kde ! org>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 17:58:41 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: glib dependancy in KDE3.x
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On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 06:46:22PM +0100, Guillaume Laurent wrote:
> No, it's not. If KDE is so much ahead in terms of integration, it's because 
> it's C++ all throughout. That is not a necessary condition, but it helps 
> tremendously.

Wrong, its because we have naturally defined c++ bindings 
to everything that is important. This doesn't need to be
an exception for arts.

> I don't really care. Ressources-wise, glib is a rounding error on most current 
> machines. Avoiding to duplicate it is certainly a good thing. However, using 
> it because "some things must be implemented in C", is not a good reason.

Very much agreed. If its in C it should be in C. If C++, then C++. 
Not half half unless its for some bridging requirements. Which I
thought it was for.

> I've been told that arts is in C so that Gnome can use it. It then makes sense 
> to use glib. If it's in C for any other reason, then it should be moved to 
> C++/Qt.

Unfortunately, AFAIK, Gnome doesn't reuse it...
OTOH, Gstreamer...

Alex