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Is Win32 MFC still a thing? I remember wrestling with that 20+ years ago. It felt bloated back then but would probably be considered the equivalent of embedded

Is Win32 MFC still a thing? I remember wrestling with that 20+ years ago. It felt bloated back then but would probably be considered the equivalent of embedded programming nowadays. It was all C++ but not traditional C++ that you know. If felt like J++.

criddell 5y ago
I still use it and frankly it’s pretty good. If you stick to using everything as it was intended, it’s fast and easy. When you have to go off the trails a bit, you are still in good shape because all the source for MFC is included so you can see how they did things. It’s a nice way to figure out how win32 works.
- zeroc8 5y ago
  It really depends on your needs. For an old style desktop application (think file browser, text editor), it's ok. But for anything modern (touch screen support, animations) it just doesn't cut it anymore. You are better off with something like Flutter.
  - criddell 5y ago
    I disagree. You can access pretty much every API Microsoft has available when you are using C or C++. Touch screen support (large targets) isn’t an issue. Animations aren’t difficult either. XAML islands is an easy way of bringing in UWP and RT stuff into a traditional desktop application. I’m not a fan of Flutter. Desktop Flutter applications use a lot more memory and CPU and don’t feel native on Windows.
mihaitodor 5y ago
There's so much proprietary code out there that's strongly coupled to MFG and BCG (https://bcgsoft.com/ https://bcgsoft.com/) that I doubt we'll live to see it disappear, just like Cobol...