[prog] Choice of cross-platform language and GUI toolkit / IDE

[Jenn Vesperman]

On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 00:18, Rasjid Wilcox wrote:
> I'm wanting to start creating some cross-platform programs, mostly database 
> systems with GUI (non-HTML) frontends.

> Anyway, that is my current research.  I'd like to hear other people views on 
> the options, and also if I've missed any essential ones.  I'm wary of using a 
> commercial toolkit or IDE, since there is no guarantee that the vendor will 
> keep supporting Linux in the future, although I think Qt is fairly safe.

It looks like you've researched it very thoroughly, to me. My only
cross-platform experience to date is Java, which seems to fit most of
your requirements.



Jenn V.
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