Re: Gupta SQLWindows - any views re NewEra, VB etc.

In article <gfOmlq4b9dkV075yn@kcbbs.gen.nz>, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz (Kerry Sainsbury) wrote: >In article <3pisi8$ed1@horus.infinet.com>, >btobin@infinet.com (Bruce S. Tobin) wrote: > >> I haven't looked at New Era yet, but I've spent a fair amount of time with >> SQLWindows. Not a bad product, but Borland's Delphi blows it away. BTW the >> Informix sales guy I talked to said that New Era will generate C++ code for >> the entire app; is this true? Gupta only generates about 30% of the app as >> C code, the rest is still interpreted. > >Yes, NewEra generates C++ code which is in turn compiled by Microsoft >Visual C++. Not quite. NewEra generates C-code, and you have the option of generating C++ compatible headers. This means that the generated code doesn't use Classes, overloading etc. It is compiled by a C-compiler (MSVC, like most C++ compiler can also compile C-code. There are subtle differences between the two languages). Karlsson >------------------------------------,---------------------------------------- -- >Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ v2.2 Mar 95 >Quanta Systems, Auckland | kcbbs.gen.nz:/informix/informix.[faq|apx] >New Zealand. Work: +64 9 377-4473 | mathcs.emory.edu:/pub/informix/faq/ " " > Home: +64 9 279-3571 | http://www.garpac.com/informix.html ========================================================================== Anders "Hackin'" Karlsson anders.karlsson@karlsson.pp.se Database guru, Blues listener and Car watcher ========================================================================== ====================================================================================== Anders "Hackin'" Karlsson anders.karlsson@karlsson.pp.se Database guru, Blues listener and Car watcher ======================================================================================