The said:
Yes, but more and more people are using .net. Once installed, thats
it.
I'd also recommend not uninstalling it, unless you're really sure you'll
never be running any .NET apps before you reinstall Windows. The
uninstaller, IME, often leaves enough junk around such that any future .NET
frameworks won't work properly. As far as I can tell, it doesn't do any harm
besides consuming disk space.
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Actually, its probably more robust and secure than any borland app.
Even numbered version, no argument. Odd numbered version are generally
pretty good though
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Borland Delphi just wraps up MFC anyway
The non-.NET version of Delphi uses it's own component library (VCL or CLX)
not MFC. It sits on top of the Win32 layer, so is at the same level as MFC
(or .NET framework for that matter). The .NET versions of Delphi (or the
C++/C# variants) can either use the winforms library (requires deployment of
the full .NET runtime) or VCL.NET (which can run "self contained" and does
not need a .NET runtime installed).
Mixing MFC classes in with any of these version is ... unpleasent.
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