* The Lord of the Strings peremptorily fired off this memo:

> C/C++ would still be my language of choice, but I'm not sure what the
> modern options are besides C# and Java. I'm interested in developing
> gui and console based applications (no web apps).
>
> Any suggestions considering my background?
> (As you can see I'm about 15 years behind...)
> MFC? COM? Borland BDE?

Learn gcc. And if you're stuck on doing windows, check out mingw.
For GUIs, go cross-platform.

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Q: Why was Stonehenge abandoned?
A: It wasn't IBM compatible.