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On 2024-12-22, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:30:20 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> My brother programs Windows applications. He despises .NET and DirectX.
>> He liked Visual C++ when it was the "go to" development tool.
>
> Peter Norton single handily wrote a library full of programming books so I 
> don't remember the exact titles but he was not a VC++/MFC fan to the point 
> where he used C in the book. MFC itself was a wrapper on the API so the 
> difference was mostly you had to handle the 'this' parameter when calling 
> the functions.
>
> In the preface to an edition that was published when C# was becoming more 
> popular he said Microsoft had finally done it right. I am not a fan of VC+
> +.  I'm not current with the language but C++ itself was no picnic and 
> Microsoft's extensions didn't help.  afx my ass.

I know nothing about programming. I'm pretty sure, though, that it was 
Visual C++ that my brother liked the most. I know for certain that he 
doesn't like the newest Microsoft stuff. He says it's crap.

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“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien