Learn C++ from C

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Hi Experts;

I also forgot to mention, what is the best way to use the C++ STL with the windows API. Since the API is built using C, i would like to know if it possible to pass std::wstring and std::vectors etc to parameters that take for example PTSTR, LPWTSR etc for some of the common functions contained within the API,

Or since this is C++, shall i stop using the API and start learning MFC ?

Thanks in advance?

MFC won't completely shield you from the API, but it does make writing Windows programs much, much easier.

I don't know your motivation for learning C++, but if I were starting out now and wanting to write Windows apps, I'd be learning C# and .Net rather than C++ and MFC.