Re: #include is a foreign language

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? Only if they read it that way. Well, it was supposed to be light humour. > It IS written in C. As are ALL the Informix products. ;-) But C isn't exclusive to Informix, 4GL is. Well, was until 4Js, Querix et al continued development work where Informix left off. ;-) > Or did you think Informix used 4GL to develop their products? :-O No, I didn't. On the other hand, C and LISP can write their own compilers, so why not 4GL. :-) Perhaps if Informix had tried to use 4GL for DB-Access, parts of ISQL and the 4GL development environment it would have had a beneficial effect on 4GL? There's nothing quite like using your own tools to encourage their improvement. > > Cheers, > -- > Mark. > > +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ > |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| > |mailto:mdstock@informix.com http://www.informix.com/idn |///// / //| > |http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| > | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| > | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| > |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| > +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 --- If all else fails, read the instructions AND the release notes. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/