使用C ++在Mac OS X上创建应用程序？ （没有Cocoa）

Question

It seems that in Xcode 4 there is no longer a way to create an application that is not limited to the command line using C or C++. I would like to do so, however Glut seems to be one of the only frameworks available for mac that works with C++ and OpenGL, however gluts features are beginning to stop working on modern Operating Systems. Are there other alternatives that will allow me to use C++ or C for software development on a mac? It does not have to be limited to using xcode or opengl.

Answer 1

Yes, it's possible, but it may not be a very good idea. The real question is what problem are you trying to solve?

If you just don't like Obj-C, it should be straightforward to write a very thin shim that wraps the calls you care about in C++.

If you are trying to prove a point, you can actually make calls directly into the Obj-C runtime in plain C code. See this for example: using objc_msgSend to call a Objective C function with named arguments

If it's something else, please enlighten us so we can better answer your question.

Answer 2

QT is your best bet. It comes with a serious IDE and the libraries are written in a very good & intuitive C++.

QT can be found here: http://qt-project.org/downloads

Answer 3

If all you want is a window, an OpenGL context, and user interfacing, then go the SDL way. Completely written in C, cross platform, and almost object-oriented (most data types are structs, anyways). It's also very memory economic (its core DLL is less than 500KB in size and a windowless program uses less than 1MB of RAM on Linux), unlike the monster that is Qt.

I'd also recommend LazyFoo's tutorials to get started, since they indeed cover the learning from the perspective of a C++ programmer, not a C one.