CArray vs. std::vector

[ovidiucucu]

A lightning fast application in 100% standard C++ is much better.

Indeed, somethng like

#include <iostream>
int main()
{
   std::cout << "Hello world!" << std::endl;
   return 0;
}

...is much better than the equivalent "non-standard" MFC implementation.
However, if you want to do more, like showing something user friendly, print something, let user push something and so on, the "100% standard C++" doesn't help you so much.

They wouldn't get away with a crappy implementation. And if Microsoft implemented it themselves I don't think they would have anything to gain from making their C++ standard libraries inferior on purpose to promote the MFC?

Yeah, I know... The Microsoft's Mondial Conspiracy... Kelly, the Al Bundy's blonde daughter, has told me about it...

I've heard claims like this over and over again in forums and each time when the benchmarks are finally posted the only thing they prove conclusively is that the poster doesn't know what he's doing.

"Life on Venus is much more comfortable than life on Mercury"
Is that true? I think, you can just presume but don't exactly know until make a try.