Re: i4gl

>I have recently installed 4gl to see if it is able to satisfy some batch >processing needs we have. Not knowing how 4gl works, I created a simple >program to perform a DISPLAY to ensure that I have all my components >installed correctly. > >During the 4gl compile phase, it appears that our C compiler (Sun >Workshop Pro C v3.0) gets invoked. Our C compiler is a single-user >edition. At the time I compiled my program, 4gl paused (forever!) >because the license_manager for our C compiler thinks that someone is >currently using the C compiler. BTW, I was the only one using the >compiler! > >Does 4gl invoke the compiler multiple times behind the scenes? > >Any other thoughts? > >Steve Romankiw > > I have yet to see a good reason to use i4gl instead of r4gl. You can debug the code and it takes less space. Arguments about performance differences only occur if you do a lot of core based mathematical processing in which case compiled code runs faster. Do yourself a favor, trade it in for RDS.