Re: Qt or Gtk? (from an Ada perspective)

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>]

alb348@gmail.com writes:

> Which of the two is better supported in Ada, Qt or Gtk?

I think GtkAda is better supported than QtAda; GtkAda is supported by
AdaCore, which provides excellent support. I don't know of a commercial
company offering support for QtAda.

But maybe you meant something else by "support"?

> Also, which of the two is easier to use? (for a beginner)

I seem to be one of the few that has used both.

Neither is "easy" :(.

I liked the widget composition and structured message handling in QtAda
better than the equivalent in GtkAda. But the added complexity to define
all of that pretty much makes up for it.

I'm currently useing GtkAda, simply because it is supported by AdaCore,
and I use their compilers as well.

> Note: what I actually need to use is a very small subset of the
> functionality offered by these toolkits, 

That is true for almost any project

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-- Stephe