Re: please revive project 4GL++, using 4gl for Windows and New Era
F. Fernandez wrote: Can you stop posting Mime. > Madison Pruet wrote: > >> Why do you say that EGL will not be compatable with 4GL source code? > > Madison, > > The IBM representatives we've talked to say there will be a conversion > tool from 4GL to EGL that will convert *most* of the existing code. > > This means that not all the code will be convertable. And the > programmers will have to learn a new language entirely. I'm not entirely sure the Informix 4GL people have given up the fight yet, but I have no specific inside info to back that feeling up. > I think that whats needed is that 4GL is extended, without loosing it's > great benefits. Or even "losing". > Come on, how hard is it to build a better compiler? Hundreds of > programmers are doing it as a hobby on open source tools all over the > world! So as a matter of interest and debate, what's wrong with the attempts made so far by the likes of 4Js and Querix? Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+
"Mark D. Stock" wrote: > > F. Fernandez wrote: > Can you stop posting Mime. > > > Madison Pruet wrote: > > > >> Why do you say that EGL will not be compatable with 4GL source code? > > > > Madison, > > > > The IBM representatives we've talked to say there will be a conversion > > tool from 4GL to EGL that will convert *most* of the existing code. > > > > This means that not all the code will be convertable. And the > > programmers will have to learn a new language entirely. > > I'm not entirely sure the Informix 4GL people have given up the fight > yet, but I have no specific inside info to back that feeling up. I heard that the Informix 4gl was going to be added into Websphere > > > I think that whats needed is that 4GL is extended, without loosing it's > > great benefits. > > Or even "losing". > > > Come on, how hard is it to build a better compiler? Hundreds of > > programmers are doing it as a hobby on open source tools all over the > > world! > > So as a matter of interest and debate, what's wrong with the attempts > made so far by the likes of 4Js and Querix? > > Cheers, > -- > Mark. > > +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ > | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| > | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| > | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| > | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| > | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| > | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| > +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ -- Paul Watson # Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 678693 # Mob: +44 7818 003457 # www.oninit.com #