Re: #include is a foreign language

On 14 Sep 1998, WF Software wrote: > mdstock@informix.com (Mark D. Stock) wrote: > > Peter Lancashire wrote: > > > Shouldn't all those who post to this newsgroup change their signature > > > from #include <whatever.h> to GLOBALS "whatever.4gl"? ;-) > > > > Wouldn't that preclude the authors, maintainers, enhancers, etc. of 4GL > > for a start? It IS written in C. As are ALL the Informix products. ;-) > > > > Or did you think Informix used 4GL to develop their products? :-O > > But don't Informix claim its an industrial strength development tool > so they must develop in it surely :-)) so Note that these are my opinions -- they are not Informix's corporate opinions. We (Informix) develop database applications in I4GL; I use several I4GL applications daily. We do not develop I4GL in I4GL because I4GL is not a general purpose language in the same way that C is general purpose language. Specifically, there are a number of features which are not available in I4GL which would be required to make compiler writing in I4GL plausible. We can start with file system i/o; a compiler needs to be able to read source files and to write object files, but I4GL does not have the facilities built in to handle that. And, I repeat, these are my opinions -- they are not Informix's corporate opinions. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com) #include <witticism.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN Informix IDN for D4GL & Linux -- http://www.informix.com/idn