Qt programming

[Mike Jeays]

On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 14:27, Steven Friedrich wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:08:13 +0000, Chuck Robey wrote:
> 
> >Steven Friedrich wrote:
> >> I want to learn Qt programming.  Can I do that without buying anything from TrollTech (until I'm ready to develop a commercial program) ?  Does FreeBSD have the tools, libraries, etc.?
> >> 
> 
> <snip very good advice>
> 
> Thanks for the advice.  I am running FreeBSD.  I love it.  I've been in the profession since 1976, and I used UNIX at Gould Computer Systems Division for a solid 5 years between 1985-1990.  I've 
> been using FreeBSD since 1.1.5 (I think that's what came with a book I bought).  I love programming, but I hate the level of detail I need to address in most of the latest environments.  Visual C++ 
> should be MUCH more functional.
> 
> I've been programming in C since '83 and C++ since '94, but I'm always on the lookout for higher level languages that will lessen my load.  I want to write small apps for personal use on my own 
> machines and I never seem to have enough time to learn new languages.  I started to pick up Java some time ago, but they keep tripling the language...
> 
> I do plan on learning Python and using it to access GTK and QT...
> 
> Again, thanks and I hope other people benefit from your response...
> 
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Python and Ruby are great choices for small or medium-size persnal
programs.  Their great advantages are:
1) Associative arrays (hashes or dictionaries)
2) Excellent list/array management
3) Complete memory management
4) Excellent features for using objects properly

The amount of time you save compared to C and C++ is worth a fair bit of
learning curve, IMHO.