Advisable to use MFC? [closed]

Question

I heard here a lot that MFC is outdated, and wraps Win32 in bad OOP.

But Microsoft released MFC 10 with VS2010, and it has latest tools like ribbon interface, so should one use it for simple apps?

Answer 1

MFC is widely considered to be poorly designed but it has been updated recently and appears to be alive and well. You may decide not to use it for other reasons, but you should not reject it for being outdated.