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Re:Visual C++ 2015 Brings Modern C++ to the Windows API by masterofmisc on Saturday January 03, 2015 @06:24PM (#8832462)
Its nice to see that C++ has evolved to the point where COM code can be represented with nice easy-to-follow vanilla C++ without making you want to throw up!! (and theres no stupid ^ (hat) symbol in sight)

It looks like Kenny Kerr has a site specifically for this here: http://moderncpp.com/ and a video explaining things here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvh3MePAzKs

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Re:Visual C++ 2015 Brings Modern C++ to the Windows API by pjmlp on Monday January 05, 2015 @03:28AM (#8837870)
> and theres no stupid ^ (hat) symbol in sight

Easily avoidable with CComPtr.

The major complaint of many Windows C++ developers is that WRL could have been made more developer friendly instead of spending resources on C++/CX.

Maybe Windows 10 will make it so, and C++/CX will join ranks with Managed C++ (.NET 1.x) and C++/CLI (does anyone use it?).

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Re:Visual C++ 2015 Brings Modern C++ to the Windows API by FubarCoder on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @05:06PM (#8847427)
We use C++/CLI, because it's the easiest way to use .NET components together with legacy MFC code.
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