Re: Opinions Wanted: 4GL or New Era??

Billy Wheeler wrote: > > On 29 Jul 97 at 10:06, Marco Greco wrote: [We interrupt this "pissing" contest to continue the thread] > Nose to the ground and ear to the grindstone in: > Johannesburg, Murder Capital of the World > Gee Billy, seems like you have to travel all the time. What's the matter? Trying to escape from all those ex's fathers with the shot gun? ;-) [Here's a hint. Casually ask her what her father does and if he owns a gun before you date her! Works for me ! 8-] Now seriously, I'd say start with 4GL. Its fast, easy, and relatively bug free. You can get a working app done quickly. The concetrate on the GUI world. Here's a helpful tip: Write your business logic in C! C is still the most portable language around! Now for those who missed the World Wide Users Conference and the ask your experts panel (Probably the *best* session...), There was a new era question about managing objects in different windows from a central object. The response was, that it can't be done. While this may seem like a trivial point, it has serious implications. First, like all GUIs, the idea is to create an app which is an extention of single view/windows app. So communications between windows becomes more important. New Era lacks the concept of an application class, and the concept of delegation. Add to this that the learning curve for *ANY* object oriented language, is much longer than simple procedural languages like C, 4GL, Cobol, Fortran, etc ... So, 4GL does have its bennifits. Like I said, separate the business logic and write it in C. Doing this forces you to separate the business logic, review and refine it. Also, you can then port it to any platform, use it with C++ functions, Java, and with 9.12 and future releases of Online, you can use it instead of SPL. Does this make sense, or has my medication started to wear off? -Mikey -- #include <std_disclaimer.h> /* Mike Segel (MS385) */ #include <No_Spam.h> #ifdef OFFENDED_BY_CONTENT The author takes no responsibility for this post. Any resemblence to a coherent rational thought is purely coincidence. -The Management. #endif ***************************** Due to AGIS's Refusal to Act Responsibly We are blocking all of their domains at the packet level. This block will exist until AGIS modifies their policies to conform to existing RFCs and net community standards. We encourage all ISPs and domain holders to do the same. *****************************