In a tragic way, given the prevalence of COM in Windows, especially since Vista, someone at Microsoft should offer a few Delphi and C++ Builder licenses to the teams responsible for doing COM tooling.
Because MFC/OLE, ATL, WTL, WRL, C++/WinRT all have their sharp edges and could be so much better, if someone actually cared about productivity and framework ergonomics.
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Which is also used by C++ Builder.
In a tragic way, given the prevalence of COM in Windows, especially since Vista, someone at Microsoft should offer a few Delphi and C++ Builder licenses to the teams responsible for doing COM tooling.
Because MFC/OLE, ATL, WTL, WRL, C++/WinRT all have their sharp edges and could be so much better, if someone actually cared about productivity and framework ergonomics.