MFC isn't too bad, especially if you need to work with native code (e.g., Direct3D). However, after using Forms 2.0 and C#, using MFC makes me feel dirty.

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MFC isn't too bad, especially if you need to work with native code (e.g., Direct3D). However, after using Forms 2.0 and C#, using MFC makes me feel dirty.

Yep, I don't recall MFC as a very good library. But for sure I hate Winform: I don't know if I'm saying an heresy or not, but it is the worst UI lib I've ever used...
This aside, I've found .net to be a quite good and extensive lib (easier than java, because there are not so many classes, interfaces and so on, plus c# is a very nice language to work with, and it is becoming even better)

EDIT: IIRC you can use .net with c++ as well, if you are interested

EDIT: a new UI toolkit has just been released (or will very soon be): WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), they say it is pretty nice.