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Going a bit on the side track over here, due to MFC being mentioned.

Given the current state of C++/WinRT tooling, even the aging MFC is more productive for Windows applications.

It doesn't matter it isn't modern C++, is full of CWhaterver, it is still more than good enough for those use cases where .NET isn't an option for whatever reason and C++ must be used.