Re: Prepare for the unwashed hordes!

In a short while (weeks perhaps) Informix will have Dynamic 4GL available for Linux. 4J who develop this product actually do all their development on Linux machines and have done so for quite some time, so this will be a real tier 1 release :-) Dynamic 4GL should be capable of compiling most any 4GL code straight without any changes. There have been some reports that it's stricter than Informix standard 4GL that can lead to some problems. Applications can be executed in standard character mode on any terminal just like the old 4GL or you can have a GUI (of sorts perhaps) on an MS Windows machine or X Windows. There are also at least two other companies that make 4GL clones that either are awailable now or will be soon. All this where announce on the IWUC conference last week, but didn't seem to make it out to the "masses". With all this may be you don't need a primer on ESQL/C :-) On Fri, 24 Jul 1998 02:45:40 -0500, Brian Fahrlander <kilroy@kamakiriad.com> wrote: >Well, Linux now supports Informix. This is a really great thing. >But right now, brace for a lot of requests like mine: > > I was a pretty good 4GL developer. For 4 years I was the sole >manager/developer of an intense real-time shop, charged with taking >inbound '800' calls. 4GL was great, though a little slow. > > Now ESQL/C is available, and 4GL isn't. Can someone recommend a >good primer (online, preferably)? > > Does anyone here think the 4GL kit will be release before the iBCS >will be available for the newest kernels (2.1.110 in particular)? > > This is a great aliance for consumers- Informix needs more growth to >battle Oracle, et al, and Linux needs the solid power of Informix for >mission critical applications. I look forward to playing a part in this >pivitol movement! > > Brian Nils Myklebust NM Data AS Norway E-mail: Nils.Myklebust@nmdata.com FAQ at: http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html (Now with ODBC info under "Third party products".)