Re: Informix Evaluation

Posted in 1995

Kerry Sainsbury — Fri, 17 Feb 1995 20:59:04 +1200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <3hpnes$shv@news.cs.tu-berlin.de>, brandes@cs.tu-berlin.de (Olaf Brandes) wrote: > Well, INFORMIX online is a very fast database server. ESQL-C allows to put > powerful database commands in your C code. And I4GL is a buggy, sluggish > monster which allows to write buggy, sluggish, informixish standard > apllications in no time while driving you crazy if you want more. > > Not too helpful, but treu :-) Not treu (or even true)! I4GL may not be God's gift to programming, but it's got to be wayyyy more productive than C! It seems to me to be neither buggy (tho there are bugs) nor sluggish. If you want to produce buggy code I'd pick C over a 4GL any day. --------------------------------------,------------------------------------- Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ Quanta Systems, Auckland, New Zealand | kcbbs.gen.nz:/informix/* | mathcs.emory.edu:/pub/informix/faq/* +64 9 377-4473 (work) 266-6011 (home) | http://www.garpac.com/informix.html