top | item 46628769 (no title) jenadine | 1 month ago > There are lots of C++ UI applications.Is there? UI applications historically used to be written in C++. But in this decade, I don't think many new GUI are being written in C++ discuss order hn newest pjmlp|1 month ago Games are, anything based on Qt/KDE, UWP/WinUI (even if it is mostly Microsoft employees).Now even if it is Flutter, React Native, or Chrome/Electron, they are powered by C++ graphics engine, and language runtimes. estebank|1 month ago The engine being written in C++ does not mean the application is. You're conflating the platform with what is being built on top of it. Your logic would mean that all Python applications should be counted as C applications. load replies (1)
pjmlp|1 month ago Games are, anything based on Qt/KDE, UWP/WinUI (even if it is mostly Microsoft employees).Now even if it is Flutter, React Native, or Chrome/Electron, they are powered by C++ graphics engine, and language runtimes. estebank|1 month ago The engine being written in C++ does not mean the application is. You're conflating the platform with what is being built on top of it. Your logic would mean that all Python applications should be counted as C applications. load replies (1)
estebank|1 month ago The engine being written in C++ does not mean the application is. You're conflating the platform with what is being built on top of it. Your logic would mean that all Python applications should be counted as C applications. load replies (1)
pjmlp|1 month ago
Now even if it is Flutter, React Native, or Chrome/Electron, they are powered by C++ graphics engine, and language runtimes.
estebank|1 month ago