Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 12:43:06 02/27/00
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On February 27, 2000 at 14:43:59, James Swafford wrote: >Please elaborate, Tom. As I recall, you don't like C++ either, >right? Do you recommend using direct API calls, or staying away >from Windows GUI programming all together? I don't have a big problem with OO itself. I just have a problem with "programmers" who think that OO is the be-all and end-all of programming. I think that calling the Win32 API functions directly is perfectly reasonable. It's not like they're "low level" calls written in a bizarre foreign language. They're functions that are intended for use by other people. They're pretty easy to use and they're well documented. I don't understand why anybody would want a wrapper for them. >I think MFC is fine. I've been using it for about three >years, and can't think of a single MFC related bug yet. I don't have much experience with MFC. I just remember a few brief (and failed) attempts to use it several years ago. I also know that not many people use it. Recently, I've worked with my girlfriend on some homework assignments where the TA used MFC, and reading through the code was unbearable. -Tom
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