[mustafa]

I want to write C++ apps with a GUI but don't want to resort to TrollTech. Is this possible?

[asmodeus]

I was under the impression that you could do it with the Carbon libraries, or have a thing GUI wrapper in Objective-C++ or something.. but I'm not 100% sure. I tend to avoid C++.

[Chuckit]

Originally posted by mustafa:
I want to write C++ apps with a GUI but don't want to resort to TrollTech. Is this possible?

Sure. To my knowledge, most of the major GUI apps (e.g. Photoshop) are written in C++. Just use Carbon.

[mustafa]

whats the difference between obj-c and carbon??

[Catfish_Man]

Originally posted by mustafa:
whats the difference between obj-c and carbon??

Objective-C is a programming language (that works with the Cocoa API). Carbon is an API (that works with the C++ language).

[mustafa]

What disadvantages are there of using carbon vs obj-c? Compatibilty? speed?

[Angus_D]

You are confused.

Carbon is an API. It provides interfaces in C.
Cococa is an API. It provides interfaces in Obj-C.

Cocoa is generally a higher level framework than Carbon, meaning you get more functionality for free, meaning more rapid application development.

There are also 3rd party C++ frameworks, such as Qt and PowerPlant, which build on Carbon.

There is a wealth of information on this subject, do a fscking search.

[Catfish_Man]

Originally posted by mustafa:
What disadvantages are there of using carbon vs obj-c? Compatibilty? speed?

OK. It's Carbon vs. Cocoa, and C++ vs. Objective-C.

Pros of objective-c (as opposed to C++):
introspection
protocols
dynamic typing
class posing
reference counting instead of manual memory management

Cons:
slower
no multiple inheritance (some people would say this is not a problem though)
no static member variables (at least, I can't figure out how to do them)
probably a few other things

Pros of Cocoa (as opposed to carbon):
Easy
Fast development time
Fun
Lots of functionality

Cons:
Some of the low level filesystem stuff is carbon only
Cocoa is perhaps a little slower
Cocoa only runs on OSX. Carbon runs on 8.1 through X


Both Carbon and Cocoa only run on Macs. If you want a cross platform app, find a cross platform API.