What are the prospects for C++/COM/WinAPI?

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wAngel2012-08-24 23:19:01

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wAngel, 2012-08-24 23:19:01

Greetings!

In connection with the change of work, the question arose: what are the prospects for the COM/C++ platform? Should I deepen my knowledge in this area? In fact, there is a choice between developing for managed platforms (.NET / Java), or native C ++ / COM.
There is a habrapost on the topic The Future of WinRT or Going Native 2.0 , A guide to creating ActiveX controls in C ++ using ATL (comments).

Would like to hear the opinions of the community.
Thanks in advance.

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Andrey Polyakov, 2012-08-25
@magnitudo

Both will allow you to earn on bread with caviar. Choose what your soul is for.

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AR1ES, 2012-08-25
@AR1ES

And of course I would look towards cross-platform. Those. if you choose from the list presented, then this is Java, and on average, salaries for Java programmers are higher.
If you want the performance of native languages, then you can look towards C ++ frameworks, such as Qt.
Well, if you plan to work with only Windows, then you can look at native C ++ / COM.

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tangro, 2012-08-26
@tangro

If you are asking if COM will die as a technology, then no, it will not die in the next decade. So far, this is the only adequate "glue" between components from different manufacturers, libraries in different languages, etc. Of course, .NET or WinRT may offer some of their own options, but COM at the heart of Windows will ~~always~~ be, well, for a very long time.