Re: NewEra: Anyone using it?

pf89@dial.pipex.com (David Beale) wrote: :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, You seem not to have heard of RAD tools and beans that sit on top of Java. With these you will be able to do these kinds of programs as well. : 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. Which Java is on it's way to become as well. With Java you will have the advantage of having code generated for the simple things, but be able to program more complex things in the same language. With the better RAD tools you can even modify the generated code and have the user interface is kept in sync (when you modify user interface code). Added advantages to me. Some futures yes, but not very distant. Even the current version of Java is very usable with the right tools. Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org