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You should think about what the alternative was at the time: Mostly C/C++ VB6 you would have connected to the db by the end of the day. C/C++ you're still tryi
by jenscow 3y ago
You should think about what the alternative was at the time: Mostly C/C++
VB6 you would have connected to the db by the end of the day. C/C++ you're still trying to handle WM_ERASEBKGND
- kibibu 3y agoWell you'd probably be using MFC which handled most of the windows messages. Or wasting time figuring out whether you should switch to ATL
- failuser 3y agoBorland was the alternative. You could throw together a C++ database application in a day. And if you used Delphi you even could not justify a coffee break by the long compile time.