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<p>The first language I decided to try is an oldie-but-goodie. Just plain ol' C. Linux guys really like C, and really hate pretty much every other language, and the GTK toolkit itself is implemented in C, so it seemed like a good first choice.</p>
<p>One cool thing about GTK is that it is based on runtime library called <strong>GLib,</strong> which implements a bunch of object-oriented design patterns in C. It defines an object model, lifetime semantics, and a bunch of commonly used data structures that you can use in your app. Object-oriented programming is definitely out of style nowadays but I still think it is a solid paradigm for developing user interfaces. For example, it makes sense conceptually for all widgets to inherit from a base class that defines things like screen geometry and parent-child relationships.</p>
<p>One cool thing about GTK is that it is based on runtime library called <strong>GLib,</strong> which implements a bunch of object-oriented design patterns in C. It defines an object model, lifetime semantics, and a bunch of commonly used data structures that you can use in your app. Object-oriented programming is definitely out of style nowadays but I still think it is a solid paradigm for developing user interfaces. It makes sense conceptually for all widgets to inherit from a base class that defines things like screen geometry and parent-child relationships.</p>
<p>My first couple of hours with C were glorious. The code was just falling out of my hands. The language is so simple, it's nearly impossible to waste any time on design.</p>