Re: C vs C++ for GTK

[Jon Harrop <jon ffconsultancy com>]

On Wednesday 12 December 2007 15:19, Dan H wrote:
> Jon Harrop <jon ffconsultancy com> wrote:
> > My recommendation is to choose a garbage collected language for GUI
> > work as it makes everything so much easier. Lots of GCd languages
> > have GTK bindings these days.
>
> Just for the record, garbage collection (which is a good idea) doesn't have
> to be a feature of the language itself (it isn't for C++, by the way). Just
> build and link your C (or C++) program with libgc (the renowned Boehm
> garbage collector) and you're fine.

I would strongly recommend choosing a language that provides accurate GC 
rather than using something like Boehm's GC with C/C++. The main reason is 
that using Boehm on C/C++ code that wasn't designed for Boehm can break 
working code (see, for example, numerical recipies). Another reason is that 
languages designed to be GCd will be a lot faster.

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Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
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