I can echo these views.
I personally like a C based framework as I develop on my Neo in Scheme.
I use a Scheme-to-C compiler called Chicken which happens to work
extremely nicely with GTK+. I can develop much more efficiently/easily
in Scheme than I can in C. I would not have this choice if I wanted to
continue with Chicken using with a C++ framework. No doubt it is
possible to integrate but what a pig it would be. Of course I am a very
small minority taking this approach but at least I can if I want! It is
good to have options. You could argue I am putting all my eggs in one
basket (pardon the pun) but I have faith in GTK+.
Arguing which framework is technically superior may be a bit like
arguing about VHS vs Betamax. In the long run it might not matter. Some
of us with go down one route and will be looking hard to find people to
trade films with :)
I have built an ipk of the Chicken Scheme system if anybody is tempted
to the dark side? ;)
John.
Carlo E. Prelz wrote:
Subject: Re: Qtopia coming for Neo1973
Date: mar 25 set 07 01:23:37 -0700
Quoting Ted Lemon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
This is an utterly pathetic excuse not to try something.
It would have been, had I never attempted to get familiar with that
language. But I have, a handful of times. And I concluded, many years
ago, that it is not a language for me.
I rest my case: if you want you can use c++ with GTK. But you cannot
use c with QT.
As far as I can perceive, making a c wrapper of a c++ library (and I
do not mean c-looking code that compiles under c++ - I mean a library
that makes heavy use of those ungodly quirks that c++ is burdened
with) is a task that no sane individual might desire to embark
into... But if/when such a wrapper becomes available, I will make sure
to carve out half a day to gain some experience with it.
So it's kind of mind-boggling that you were able
to come up with so much prose to document your complete lack of
knowledge on the topic.
You are welcome to maintain your boggliness if it pleases you. I have
not stated an absolute judgment of value from the programmer's point
of view, of which I am not capable, since I have never programmed in
QT (and I have never programmed in QT because it requires c++ -
otherwise I would have given it a try by now, free or not free).
I still prefer the look of Gnome to that of KDE, but this is purely an
aesthetical judgment. I expect that with some effort I would be able to
use Gnome themes on KDE.
Also, Qtopia, by having no X server running in the background, makes
it much more difficult for the average developer to bring his/her own
window to the screen of the phone.
Case in point. This simply isn't true. You're saying things that
you don't know to be true. Why would you do that?
Hrmpf. How many X applications can you find in sourceforge? This
translates to how many programmers who already can make use of one of
the many tools that are available to generate an X-compatible
executable? And on the other hand, how many people are there who can
easily translate their ideas into a user interface that runs under
Qtopia's windowing system?
I do mean this when I say that X is easier than Qtopia. I have never
programmed in Qtopia's environment, so I cannot state how easy or
complex it may be.
I see OpenMoko as a developer-oriented phone/system.
I haven't even been able to get a build working. It only builds on
one platform - the build is so brittle that if you don't have that
platform, you can't get it to go. It's early days, so I don't count
that against the development team, but this is another stunningly
ignorant statement. Have you actually tried to develop an app for
Openmoko yet?
No, since I do not have an openmoko. I might have bought one had they
not canceled the plan for a rebate for the second model.
But I have had a look at the code. And I understand that the X running
on OM will be basically the same X that currently runs on this laptop
of mine from which I am writing this message (minus opengl,
possibly. It will in any way be sensibly faster than the first X I
worked with, back in '93, on that old Tseng Labs video card...).
Once I correctly set up the cross-compiling chain of tools, I do
believe that the very well-known window manager that is used by OM
will not refuse to manage the windows of my humble executables, too.
Carlo
PS In your mail, you wrote 1) that I use pathetic excuses, 2) that I
have complete lack of knowledge on topics that I write my prose about,
3) that I say things that I don't know to be true, 4) that I make
multiple stunningly ignorant statements. Can you please keep these
personal observations out of the conversation? Just for the sake of
peace and harmony...
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