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by masklinn 4528 days ago
> Qt is a higher-level application dev framework with UI support

Qt is a C++ application framework, it has both low- and high-level components, much like e.g. Cocoa.

> We were looking for lower-level constructs - especially in the networking and P2P areas.

Which Qt provides. Qt is modular and Qt has plenty of low- or intermediate-level modules, including extensive networking, storage and concurrency systems. Using Qt does not mandate using Qt's UI components.