Re: Future of 4/GL

In article <yosemiteEEKJ79.JoD@netcom.com>, yosemite@netcom.com (Alan Denney) wrote: >In article <v7E6z0ElJzIH092yn@kcbbs.gen.nz>, >Kerry Sainsbury <kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz> wrote: >|4j's is a 100% compatible superset of Informix-4GL, capable of running on >|Windows NT as a server, and Win95/NT/3.1/Dumb Terminals as a front end >|(like 4GL/GX, but better). Upcoming releases will include OO enhancements >|and the ability to use a Web browser as the interface to 4GL. >| >|It looks to me like this may well be 4GL's best chance at a future. >| >|Cavaet: I haven't used 4j's compiler yet. > >Then how can you make the above claim? 1. Because 4js seem to have some kind of vision for where they want their product to go, and have a nice little list of future enhancements. Informix have no such list of *future* features. 2. People whose opinions I greatly respect, and have used the product, have said very nice things about it. 3. I've read the manual and seen the demos. It does look like a product with some kind of future. I-4GL is, *currently*, a stagnant pond. 4. I don't have to use a product to form an opinion about it. My experience with Java is minimal, but it seems to me to be a great idea, and a language with a good future. PS: The manual and (soon) trial copies are at www.4js.com ------------------------------------,------------------------------------------ Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ v2.10 May 1997 Quanta Systems, Auckland | http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/ New Zealand. Work: +64 9 377-4473 | ftp://ftp.iiug.org/pub/informix/faq Home: +64 9 279-3571 | ftp://kcbbs.gen.nz:/pub/informix/