[pjmlp]

Regarding Borland, as historical note, Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 for MS-DOS was the very last MS-DOS compiler to add support for C++.

Borland was already selling version 3 of their compiler by then.

On Windows side, Object Windows Library and Visual Component Library were much more productive, ahead of time Qt, than MFC ever was.

But then Borland's missteps meant that MFC was the only framework left, and only a couple of enterprises still get to enjoy C++ Builder's RAD productivity.

[fiddlerwoaroof]

There's http://www.lazarus-ide.org now, which is still pretty productive for one-off GUIs, especially anything involving database access.

[pjmlp]

Sure, I was just focusing on the C++ part of the story, which tends to be forgotten when talking about Borland tooling.