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GTK is in bare
C, which is rather easy to interop withRust. Even if using GLib from Rust is a pain, GTK can and does have decent Rust bindings.QT on the other hand is C++ with object oriented stuff, and therefore cannot have easy bindings to Rust.
Could you explain C bindings in Rust to a nonprogrammer? Does this mean GTK can't use Rust natively, at least for the interface?
Bindings are like translations of the relevant C code to Rust so they can use Rust to talk (interop) with the C library instead of having to use C.
I never used GTK, but I suppose from this conversation that yes.
Rust can use all basic C data types, but it can't use C++ classes, in any straightforward way at least.