Re: Please use wxWidgets



TwistyCreek wrote:
> Please use wxWidgets, the multiplatform C++ class library. It's free,
> open-source and non-commercial. It's modeled after MFC but it produces
> code which can be compiled (using conditional compilation) into native
> code executables with the speed and UI look of the platform for which the
> compile is targeted. So the Windows executable looks like (and is) a real
> Windows program, the Mac OS X executable looks like (and is) a native Mac
> OS X program and the Linux executable is and looks like a real Linux/GTK+
> application. It has been in development by a band of open-source
> programmers led by Julian Smart for over a decade (12 years to be exact)!

I would use it if it was good and written in C, however it is written
in C++. I've maintained a C++ application before and I never want to
again, it's a horrible experience.

C++ is alright for those who can spend maybe half a decade learning all
of it's intricacies, but not really for anyone else.

.



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