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Not all source compatible to qt3?

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Tue, 11/03/2009 - 23:52 — asoliverez

I just ran into this sentence in a README file: "But qt4 is not at all source compatible to qt3" After 6 months, a couple hundred commits in the new repository, and a lot of sweat and tears, I found this to be kind of a misunderstatement. It made me laugh, though.

The README belongs to AqBanking, btw, which I'm compiling right now to try the just ported aqbanking plugin. Cristian and the rest of the made a terrific port and ported it in a couple of days. That paves the way for a release, with only a couple of issues left to solve.

UPDATE: My bad. My eyes played me a trick last night, but anyhow it got a chuckle out of me just to think how hard we have been working on this port.

Comments

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 02:12 — Anonymous

Doesn't "not at all" mean (in

Doesn't "not at all" mean (in this context at least), completely different?

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 07:42 — Anonymous

Yes, "not at all" translates

Yes, "not at all" translates to "en absoluto". Which isn't entirely correct, many parts of Qt 4 are indeed compatible with Qt 3, especially when using the compatibility library and the qt3to4 conversion tool.

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:49 — Anonymous

But...

Check the post title.. it says 'not all source compatible' - dropping the 'at' and therefore changing the meaning. It's like 'not at all fun' vs 'not all that fun'!