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by CodesInChaos 97 days ago
I think C#'s WinForms is just as productive as Delphi's VCL. Unfortunately Microsoft abandoned it. Though I only used older versions of Delphi, so I don't know if recent improvements made it pull ahead.

However both have limitations in more complex areas, such as rich text (html), data binding and targeting mobile and desktop with a mostly shared code-base.

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WinForms isn't Win32, and it's still supported.
Like MFC, it is a thin layer over Win32.