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A Taste of Qt 4

Posted by michael on from the tastes-great-less-filling dept.

Karma Sucks writes "In 'A Taste of Qt 4', Trolltech reveals that it is positioning Qt 4 directly against Java. Qt 4 promises to be smaller and faster than its predecessors and there will be a boatload of new features including support for non-GUI applications and accessibility under Linux using Sun's ATK. More controversial is the introduction of a new and elegant foreach construct. Incidentally, for those still opposed to Qt's moc preprocessor, Havoc has some interesting comments. It is possible the idea will be adapted to provide GObject introspection in the future."

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  1. Re:The Future of Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Arnie, is that you?

  2. Trolltech by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ain't it neat how the trolls have their own tech company?

    1. Re:Trolltech by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      and the gnomes have theirs too!

  3. Psh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    qt 6.5 has been out for a while now.

  4. Wait a minute ... by obsidianpreacher · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought we had come to the conclusion that since Sun "sold out" to Microsoft, that Java was therefore "dead" ... didn't we? And now these guys come along and ... wait ... Trolltech ...?

    Nevermind, it makes sense now.

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  5. Re:The Future of Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, you can't hope to get a job if your only skill is technical trolling. There is no such thing as a company called Trolltech... oh wait.

  6. If We Use a Simple Syllogism... by tealover · · Score: 5, Funny

    a. More controversial is the introduction of a new and elegant foreach construct.

    b. VB has a foreach construct.

    c. Therefore, VB is elegant ?

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    1. Re:If We Use a Simple Syllogism... by Idaho · · Score: 4, Funny


      a. More controversial is the introduction of a new and elegant foreach construct.
      b. VB has a foreach construct.
      c. Therefore, VB is elegant ?

      Yeah, and using the same type of logic:

      a. Human beings have hair
      b. Cats have hair
      c. Therefore, cats are human beings.

      See, I knew it! Your cat owns you, and not the other way round! (or is that only the case in Soviet Russia?)

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  7. Re:So by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or higher quality crap, as we vegetarians like to call it.

    shouldn't that be Krap?

  8. Directly against Java? by ron_ivi · · Score: 1, Funny
    So they'll use QT where Java does well
    • So I can write large scale enterpise software in QT?
    • So I can write applets in Java?
    • So QT'll run in smartcards?
    Oh, perhaps it's this aspect that they're shooting to duplicate.
  9. Re:New and Elegant "foreach" ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a Lisp advocate, your name is entirely appropriate.

  10. And how about SCO? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think SCO has made a business out of trolling :)

  11. Re:NAtive Toolkit? by meringuoid · · Score: 3, Funny
    What I liked was this:

    On Linux, Qt is in the unique position of being seen as one of the native APIs.

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  12. Re:Trolling? by be-fan · · Score: 2, Funny

    The difference is that with Qt, you pay to increase productivity, while with Rose, you pay to lower it.

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