[linux-audio-dev] Anyone planned a GTK2-based Multitracker?

[Samuel Abels]

On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 16:36, Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen wrote:
> > So, in essence, gtkmm does it in a more C++ way. :-) (But please let us
> > not make this a flame; may everyone be free to choose whatever toolkit
> > he likes best. ;) )
> 
> Then my question becomes:
> 
> Why on earth use C++? Use a desent high-level non-crippled language like
> lisp, python or ruby.

You mentioned Python in the same sentence with "non-crippled language",
which clearly proofs your good sense of humor. ;)

That set aside, here are some of my reasons:

* Audio applications are usually very CPU intensive. Having a complete
screen full of different canvases updated all the time *is* CPU
intensive. I am not saying that it is impossible to create a GUI fast
enough with higher level languages, I am just saying that the difference
is significant enough that many users may suffer from it.

* Often, there are great advantages in having the whole application use
only one language. This has advantages in both, maintainance and
performance as well (converting data types is expencive).

> Yes, this might start a flame-war, but I really think people
> should be aware of the C/C++-stupidness.

This is simply wrong. C++ is way faster in many cases. Also, writing a 
GTK2 GUI in C++ is not slower than using a high level language. In fact,
the API is almost identical in most cases. And this is from someone who
has created several GTK2 based projects using Perl OOP with GTK2.

-Samuel
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