Comment by criddell
8 years ago
Maybe there's a cautionary tale about being an early adopter here. I don't know if I would start a new project with MFC, but it was a fantastic decision in 1996.
In a way, I think it's harder to pick technologies today for large projects. It seems like if something isn't new and growing steadily, it's stale and fading fast. What are the tools and frameworks with a long, healthy middle age ahead of them? I'm learning Go right now because there are a couple of web services I need, but I'm not that confident that I'll be able to run the same code for the next 20 years.
Kind of, OWL and VCL were much better technology but Borland's management...
Oh man, I remember those now. You're right - they were better. It reinforces my point about how difficult it is to choose a long-term technology. It feels a little like picking stocks.
Erlang, for instance? Picking up a new shiny thing and complaining that it's not something with a proven track of backward compatibility is not a rational thing to do.