On: Juce: An extensive, mature, cross-platform C++ too...

[asveikau]

Qt and MFC are quite a bit older than 2001/2002. It makes sense to avoid std::string in the early or mid 90s. By 2001, though...

[icefox → asveikau]

Even std::string today isn't perfect and on more than one project I have replaced it. :\

[malkia → icefox]

I find QByteArray and QString more useful and complete than std::string, yet we keep our interfaces to std::string or const char*, since this would reduce external dependencies for other folks that want to use the library (also the learning process, and less include files).