Re: NewEra: Anyone using it?

On Sun, 27 Apr 1997 23:29:31 -0500, Mike Segel <mikey@segel.NOSPAM-.KING.OF.MYDOMAIN.-NOSPAM.com> wrote: >David W Chan wrote: > >> >- Overall experience >> >> Good language and the tools are improving. Lack of object >> partitioning means that partitioning is difficult. Lack of exception >> handling makes it hard to handle errors in a controlled way. >> >Gaff! >Good Language? >Not! >As far as C++ derived languages, Java has it beat hands down. >For OO, look at smalltalk and Objective C. Please compare like with like. NewEra's lanaguage is an OO 4gl, the others are 3gl. Java is certainly a great language, but I wouldn't want to use it create quick reports or simple DB maintenance programs with it, this is where a 4gl comes into its own . NewEra with its 4gl and OO aspects it becomes a very powerful language, a bit of a Jack-of-all-trades. > >Just $.02 worth. also mine. David Beale , Reading UK