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For DOS development, I loved Borland Turbo C++. But for windows development, Borland's OWL never really clicked with me. I eventually got into windows using M
by glonq 4y ago
For DOS development, I loved Borland Turbo C++. But for windows development, Borland's OWL never really clicked with me. I eventually got into windows using MS Visual C++ and MFC.
- zwieback 4y agoI thought the original OWL with the proprietary syntax for event handlers was great but by the time the second version came around we'd grudgingly switched to MSC++/MFC.
- glonq 4y agoYeah I think the jump from DOS to Windows, procedural to event-driven, lite framework to rich framework, and barely-C++ to very-C++ was just too much for me to tackle at the same time. Truthfully I first dipped my toes into Windows development using Visual Basic, then jumped to MSVC++ & MFC after I quickly outgrew VB. Having smart colleagues [hi Keith!] and great MFC books [hi Mike Blaszczak!] around certainly made it easier.