Qt has been modular since ver 4, so you don't have to include the GUI components if you don't want to. The API is clean, elegant and consistent, plus the documentation is great. I don't have anything bad to say about ACE or Boost - they're both high quality toolkits - but if I had to choose just one toolkit to use for the rest of my life, it'd be Qt, hands down.
Disgustingly, this is also true of big pharmaceuticals.
It's a natural result of monopoly rights.
Why would a company need to market their products if they had a monopoly? Marketing budgets typically go up when competition increases.
If the last three presidents admitted to or were caught speeding, would that make it hard to justify a speed limit?
Saliva causes cancer, but only if swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time. -- George Carlin
