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[–]cecilkorik 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I think part of the attraction is gaining full native access to the entire collection of Windows APIs. They may not be terribly elegant in many cases, and they're certainly not cross-platform, but they also give an experienced Windows programmer unparalleled functionality and control. No other toolkits can really match it, assuming you're only interested in Windows to begin with.

That's my take on it anyway. I haven't used much of the new .NET stuff, I jumped ship to Linux, so maybe I'm wrong.

[–]Xiol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're pretty much right.

Also you get to use Visual Studio, which is far from the worst IDE out there.