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The macros in the Windows 3.1 SDK were the strict header mode and message crackers.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/83456
It made my life sane every time I had to use C instead of C++, and yet very few people knew about them.
Petzold never mentioned them in his books, I discovered them by chance in another book.
Nice to know that the Afx story might have not been a rumour, since other people heard the same.
My first Visual C++ was v5.0, by then it was already clear that Borland was on they way out as first choice. Sadly.
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The macros in the Windows 3.1 SDK were the strict header mode and message crackers.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/83456
It made my life sane every time I had to use C instead of C++, and yet very few people knew about them.
Petzold never mentioned them in his books, I discovered them by chance in another book.
Nice to know that the Afx story might have not been a rumour, since other people heard the same.
My first Visual C++ was v5.0, by then it was already clear that Borland was on they way out as first choice. Sadly.