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- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Path: netcom.com!NewsWatcher!user
- From: bastion1@netcom.com (Gregory & Jennifer Weston)
- Subject: Re: MFC or OWL?
- Message-ID: <bastion1-1603960846330001@10.0.2.15>
- Sender: bastion1@netcom2.netcom.com
- Organization: Bastion Products
- References: <DKKv8H.K35@iquest.net> <4i8od1$clt@Steinlager.tip.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 08:46:32 GMT
-
- In article <4i8od1$clt@Steinlager.tip.net>, nihtila@nihtila.pp.se (Mika
- NihtilΣ) wrote:
-
- >thunter@iquest.net (Anthony J. Hunter) wrote:
- >>... 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!
- >
- >Borland maybe but you forgot Symantec's C++ which also comes with MFC
- >and compiles faster than Microsoft. It also gets great comments in
- >computer press. Borland has now included compiler support for MFC but
- >you need to get it separately. Many people thinks that Borland is
- >going to drop of the support for OWL...
- >
- >MFC is the industry standard...
-
- Symantec's latest release leaks beyond belief or tolerance. It didn't last
- a day in our office. I also found it disconcerting that if you generate a
- 'console' app, add the iostream header, and then (right {above | below |
- instead of} the 'howdy' printf they insert) put in
- cout << "blah" << endl;
- you never see "blah" on screen.
-
- Personally I think:
- - Borland has at least as good a compiler as MS, but a weaker linker. OWL
- is a significantly more C++-aware framework than MFC, which continues to
- strike me as an ObjPascal framework that has been ported.
- - VC++/MFC are, and will continue to be, standard. Since when has inferior
- product kept anyone from buying/supporting Microsoft?
-
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