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>With Borland you have to learn the Windows coding up front. With VC++
>you do not, it can be quite simply a fill in the blanks learning experence.
>With VC++ you take on the learning of Windows one step or area at a time, not

How easy it is to learn something, and what you need to know when, are 
obviously very subjective, based on what you need to do immediately
with the language, and what knowledge you've brought into it.  Nonetheless, 
you are the first person I've heard from (out of scores) that thinks that 
VC++ is easy to learn.  

My experience is that with VC++ you must first learn Windows programming, 
then learn the MS Foundation Classes, and then you can start learning the 
Class Wizard and Apps Studio.  Powerful features, no doubt, but not easy to 
learn by my standards.  

For example, take a first-time VC++ user, with no Windows programming 
experience.  Have them take a day or two to go through the "Scribble" 
tutorial that comes with VC++.  I would say that 99% of the time, the user 
will be more confused afterwards than when he/she started.

There may be a way of teaching VC++ that is "fill in the blanks", but I can 
tell you that it doesn't come with the package, pro or standard.

--Mike

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