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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Pert-bindings
From:       Sammy Ford <comrade () fuzed ! com>
Date:       1999-02-14 1:06:44
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Dont get me wrong of course it would be better for all programmers to use C++ but
not all of them do, I'm not saying that parts of KDE should be written but as a
side project some one create other bindings for different languages so that the
number of potential applications developers would grow.

Matthias Ettrich wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Sammy Ford wrote:
> >Exactly, plus you open KDE up to a larger number of potential app
> >developers.
> >Not everyone is going to learn C++ to program in an environment. Look at
> >the
> >success of tcl/tk. The goal of KDE was to lower the bar on  un*x  and to
>
> Any impressive tcl/tk programs out there that I missed checking out?
>
> A friend of mine once ported a three year developed tcl/tk project (based on
> the tk canvas) within one week to KDE/Qt. The speed gain was between five
> and ten _thousand_ (not kidding but measured values!) and it even looked
> nicer. And yes, the Qt version contained less code as well ;)
>
> So it's worth to learn C++. It very likely pays off in the very first project.
> It definitely will pay off as soon as you need to write something slightly
> bigger. "Scripting, programming for the next century"? I strongly doubt that.
>
> Matthias

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