Re: Informix 10 vs Oracle 10g

Posted in 2005

DA Morgan — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:50:28 -0800 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Michael Segel wrote: > DA Morgan wrote: > > > >>>Uhm Fortran is still in use. >> >>Actually yes. And I wouldn't be at all surprised to find it in the >>kernel code of every commercial RDBMS. You want fast math routines: >>You use Fortran. > > > Well I doubt it. I believe Informix holds a certain patent about running > multiple languages within the database. (Hmmm now maybe thats why IBM > bought Informix? ;-) I doubt anyone is currently holding a patent on using Fortran includes in programs written in C/C++ (or were you referring to mixing English and Farsi?). -- Daniel A. Morgan http://www.psoug.org damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)