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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He writes Qt C++ for his diving app though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think Linus did it in C with GTK but who took it moved it C++ and Qt. Lazy searching didn't dig up the story.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It was originally Gtk and they rewrote it with Qt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGZyVSOnqm0

But Linus does write C++/Qt code: https://github.com/subsurface/subsurface/commit/1b16d570a1b6700295153bd6597b148b65000458

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I write C++, but I don't like it. I don't think any one should be claiming Linus doesn't like it because he doesn't know it. If he wants to contribute to this project, it must be C++.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t think any one should be claiming Linus doesn’t like it because he doesn’t know it

I didn't think anyone was making that claim? Either way I'm certainly not trying to.

If he wants to contribute to this project, it must be C++.

Yes, this is true, it's just that he was also included in the decision making process to switch to it in the first place, and I feel like his continued use of it makes me think it doesn't have to be as awful as everyone makes it out to be, or he wouldn't use it at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Ask him. It's not like he has publically changed his mind. I think he just went with other developers he had handed the project to.