C++, Rust, Python [LWN.net]

C++, Rust, Python

Posted Oct 11, 2024 11:07 UTC (Fri) by swilmet (guest, #98424)
Parent article: KDE sets its goals through 2026

> making it possible to build KDE applications with languages other than C++, such as Rust or Python.

The KDE community should be careful with that.

A good example is GNOME and GTK which already supports many programming languages.

The disadvantages:
- The community isn't united around a single programming language, creating disagreements.
- It's harder to contribute to other projects which use another language.
- Some projects use several languages, are incrementally rewritten in another language.

The advantage:
- To attract Rust and Python developers with the KDE libraries.

It's much easier to just deal with a single language. (and C++ is becoming safer over time, making Rust less useful in this case if KDE is ported to modern C++).

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