Re: EGL demo afterthoughts (long)

Data Goob wrote: > (...) I have > found plenty of other ways > to do things in web-based languages and/or back-end scripting that work > well without the need for 4GL, and this is/was mitigated by not > finding anyone > using 4GL anymore--at least in the USA. 4GL while noble, went the way > of the > dodo bird. Yes, but you probably never again had the opportunity to use those fine constructs like " DEFINE x RECORD LIKE table.* " or " SELECT ... INTO var "! Don't you think you lost something in the way? ;-) The IT world was swept away with Internet success and, since Sun did such an excellent job in glueing Java to the Net, everybody is certain that Java (or .net, it's nemesis) is the right way to do Information Systems. Well, as one of your presidential candidates puts it, "you can be certain and be wrong at the same time". The business IS world needs 4GL and I, personally, would like to see old 4GL languages evolve instead of seeing the wheel reinvented again! Don't we have nothing more interesting to do with our collective time? ;-) Fernando -- Fernando Fernandez http://www.moredata.pt sending to informix-list

> > finding anyone > > using 4GL anymore--at least in the USA. 4GL while noble, went the way > > of the > > dodo bird. Guys, just wondering; did anybody here ever tried (one of the) dodo bird(s): 4Js, Querix, or opensource Aubit 4gl compiler? I'm asking because it seems from a lot of discussion that a lot of people are not aware how advanced they realy are... from GUI to HTML to Web Services to multipe database and XML support... For instance, looking at 4Js Genero features list, and the number of licenses sold, that dont look like a Dodo to me... So, when you look at Genero (for instance), what is missing that makes it a Dodo? Just please don't say "it's not Java" - that is like saying Audi is not good because it is not BMW. :-) Andrej Falout ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =---