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[criddell]

> And C++/WinRT tooling is so back to the 90's that even using MFC feels more fun.

I work on a large MFC project and it's still a surprisingly nice way to develop desktop applications. It's fast, old, and stable.

Using some of the newer Windows APIs in MFC can be painful though (e.g. XAML Islands).

[pjmlp → criddell]

For anyone starting on C++/WinRT today without major Windows background, I would just recommend them to read a book on ATL from early 2000, most of the tooling is the same, this is how "modern" it feels like.