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- From: stuffle@pcii.net
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: MFC or OWL?
- Date: 6 Jan 1996 18:20:26 GMT
- Organization: MidWest Communications, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4cmeha$q76@hihat.mwci.net>
- References: <DKKv8H.K35@iquest.net>
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- In <DKKv8H.K35@iquest.net>, thunter@iquest.net (Anthony J. Hunter) writes:
- [snip]
- >So, seriously, what do you guys and
- >gals think the future is, MFC or OWL. I am inclined to go with OWL, but
- >I need true objectivity. Suggestions please! PS. Borland compiles
- >faster too!
- >
-
- Probably MFC, though both will probably be around for at least the next 5 years.
-
- OWL may be more "OO" than MFC, and Borland has been much better at
- implementing the newer C++ features than MSVC has been, but MFC has
- other (probably more important) advantages over OWL.
-
- 1.) You are not tied into one compiler (yet). MS has been pretty good about
- licencing MFC to be sold with other compilers (Symantec, Watcom).
- Can't say the same for OWL.
-
- 2.) The crowd seems to be going with MFC.
-
- 3.) MacOS porting is supposed to be easy.
-
- 4.) This is more of a compiler vs. compiler thing, but probably have something
- to do with the frameworks too, but Borland's executables tend to be
- bloated and slow compaired to MSVC compiled code.
-
- 5.) Symantec and MS both have Win95 native versions of their compilers, that
- make it easy to target for Win95 and NT. We are still waiting for Borland
- to release v5.0. This is what really matters in the real world, and probably
- the biggest single reason we have started to move away from Borland
- where I work, though Borland's crappy tech support, and fairly buggy IDE
- are also a couple of other good reasons too<g>!!
-
- HTH
-
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