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To: boost-users@lists.boost.org From: Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:56:20 -0800 Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost thread conflicts with MFC
Well, I guess I'm just an amazing guy.
Actually, I'm not all that happy with MFC. But whenver I consider something another alternative, I find them lacking. MFC is a huge body of code which is (mostly) well documented. I typically need and application to support some other project. Recent examples have been a GUI interface to and embedded system. My customers expect this "tail end" application to be doable in say two weeks or so. And they want it to "look like" a "standard" windows app including dockable tool bars, menus, email and web connectivity, support for things like file drag and drop. etc.
Have you considered java for the gui? You can get platform-look-and-feel etc but if your customers absolutely need it to look like Windoze, well... I wouldn't rec it for performance but if you need a gui it is safe and has a lot stuff and has a native interface. It is also a bit more portable than MFC LOL. And, I have to admit I'm still ticked off that the utiliy app that came with my wireless card has to be killed or, even while minimized, it uses up all the GDI objects in a few hours and crashes my machine. If you need to include some production code as an "Afterthought" java avoids really bad things like memory leaks etc...
The only thing I see that can do this besides MFC is Visual Basic. I haven't looked at C#. But those have even bigger downsides.
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