Yes, that was my experience as well. I tried building a Cocoa app using only a text editor and a Makefile, and it was a lot of trouble, especially tracking down all the libraries that need to be linked.

Qt "by hand" isn't perfect, but it's better than Cocoa.

"...and can be mixed with fruit juice, sugar, and food coloring to produce jam."

Peanut butter and silkworm sandwiches!

I think I'll stay with grape.