Re: please revive project 4GL++, using 4gl for Windows and New Era
In article <baaamu$ppe$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>, ferdez@moredata.pt says... > > Mark D. Stock wrote: > > > So as a matter of interest and debate, what's wrong with the attempts > > made so far by the likes of 4Js and Querix? > > IMHO 4J's, Querix (and Aubit 4GL) have two problems: > > * They are not moving fast enough > * They do not have the brand (Please note: my views may be slightly biased, as I actively participate in Aubit project.) While probably true, one must note that for the size of the company, 4Js is moving - not sure about slow or not, but FourJ's Genero is a significant development, and therefore a challenge, if it get's released in this millennium. You should take a look at Genero. Querix just released version 4, and while it's not a significant shift from usual Querix mantra of "don't rock the boat", it's a progress, and a very usable product. And speaking about Aubit, one nice, and at the same time not so nice, thing about OpenSource products/projects is that they move as fast as they get support from participating developers. So you can make it move faster, if you help us. In my opinion, it will be much more realistic thing to do, then to hope that IBM will listen to you. Speaking of witch, I'm very happy that IBM decided to do ANYTHING with Informix 4GL - even if it's this rather strange EGL thingy. Actually, if they decided to make EGL "Informix 4GL" compatible, I would like there approach very much. Close to that goal would be to have Aubit compiler generate Java code instead C or Perl code, as it does currently. Then again, I really don't have enough information about I-4GL2EGL strategy to say even this much... So let me finish with an open invitation and a challenge, to all of you that think that Informix-4GL can and should be more then it is - join the Aubit Project, and you will get your chance to do something about it. -- Yours, Andrej Falout, http://www.falout.com/disclaimer.html Visit the OpenSource alternative, Aubit 4gl: http://aubit4gl.sourceforge.net PLEASE NOTE: All HTML email sent to me WILL BE DELETED AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT READING.