[OT?] Re: TrollTech releases QT for Mac under GPL
[OT?] Re: TrollTech releases QT for Mac under GPL
- Subject: [OT?] Re: TrollTech releases QT for Mac under GPL
- From: Jeff Harrell <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 19:23:11 -0500
On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 09:42 AM, Sailesh Agrawal wrote:
I'm continually surprised at how Mac users embrace platform dependent
code. I would have thought we would be the first to push for cross
platform and open programs. Is there any one else out there who's
thinking of making the switch (Cocoa -> QT) ??
I speak only for myself here, but who the hell cares about platform
dependent code? Platform independence is not, in and of itself, a
laudable or praiseworthy thing. If you want to have a Windows version
of your application and a Mac version of your application, then a
cross-platform toolkit *may* be a good, then, but then again it may
not. There are a lot of really bad applications out there that justify
their myriad sins by invoking the almighty name of "cross-platform."
In my opinion, the far better approach is to use model-view-controller
design principles and separate the logic of your application from the
presentation layer. That way your logic is inherently
cross-platform--I've yet to find a standard C++ or Objective C program
that won't compile on just about any platform out there--and your
presentation layers are as good as they should be for each platform.
No, I have no intention of making the switch from Cocoa to QT.
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