Re:Ask HN: Good languages for closed-source desktop apps
by wtracy on Saturday October 02, 2010 @06:10PM
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I know there's GTk+ bindings for Haskell. I don't know if there's any others.
Can anyone comment on the quality of the GTk+ bindings, or the existence of any other bindings?
I have enough experience with GTk+ from C and Python to say that it creates really nice, snappy UIs under Linux, but it's really hard to make it "feel right" under Windows, and pretty much impossible to make it "feel right" under OS X. On those platforms, it will almost always stand out the same way that Java apps do.
I'll also say that Haskell, while awesome, is a PITA to learn.
Can anyone comment on the quality of the GTk+ bindings, or the existence of any other bindings?
I have enough experience with GTk+ from C and Python to say that it creates really nice, snappy UIs under Linux, but it's really hard to make it "feel right" under Windows, and pretty much impossible to make it "feel right" under OS X. On those platforms, it will almost always stand out the same way that Java apps do.
I'll also say that Haskell, while awesome, is a PITA to learn.