13.04.2017, 12:32, "Nikita Krupenko" <[email protected]>: > On четверг, 13 апреля 2017 г. 08:24:39 EEST Randall O'Reilly wrote: >> In the context of all this recent discussion about modernizing Qt to >> accommodate updates to C++, has anyone given any thought to the radical >> idea of creating a brand new product using Go? Go (golang) is rapidly >> gaining in popularity, and seems to embody everything that is great about >> Qt (simplicity, elegance, strong concern for readability, etc), and it has >> many features of Qt built directly into the language (reflection, i.e., >> moc, goroutines and channels for signal / slot functionality). One of its >> main limitations is lack of a dominant, fully-featured GUI toolkit. There >> are existing bindings to Qt and QML, but it seems like creating a brand new >> native GUI framework in the Qt mold could be a great opportunity to make a >> huge impact on a language that has a bright future. All the lessons >> learned as Qt has evolved over the years could be consolidated into a fresh >> new design, based fundamentally on a 2D & 3D scenegraph, using OpenGL ( / >> Vulkan, etc) as the underlying renderer, or something like that… Obviously >> a huge undertaking, but something that could produce transformative effects >> for future programmers (whereas it seems that continued improvements to the >> C++ product are likely to be much more incremental). Maybe some funding >> from Google could be obtained to support such an endeavor? >> >> - Randy > > Why Go? Isn't Rust more close to the C++ niche?
Rust does not have even GCC frontend, so is even less portable than C++ > > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development -- Regards, Konstantin _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
