Re: SCALABILITY IN CLIENT/SER

Brian Green (brian.green@sltrib.com) wrote: :P> Probably a dump question but... : Not that dumb, really. I'll try to answer, and hope for a correction if : I'm off base. :P> I have seen a number of references in c.d.i. and other sources to the : > *scalability* of various client/server languages. What is meant by : > scalability with respect to a language? For example, I have seen reports : > that NewEra is more scalable than, say, Powerbuilder or Access. : > It is obvious why the database engine needs to be scalable, but whats : > scalable about a language? Assuming team working/project control : > is not meant (thats part of the development environment not the language). : I may be mistaken, but I think it may have something to do with the fact : that Powerbuilder and Access are both MS Windows programs, and generate : programs that run in MS Windows. If I understand correctly, NewEra will : create MS Windows programs, as well as Motif programs. I think there may : also be a part of it that will generate programs for character terminals. Scalability, in the context of NewEra, can be viewed as the degree to which the language will allow you to deal with the increased complexity of a given application as the size of the application grows. This does not necessarily have anything directly to do with the languages implementation on a specific platform (or set of platforms... although it may be so). Ken /*----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Ken Gonzalez | Informix Software | Voice: 714-251-6578 Professional Services Division | Fax: 714-251-6579 18101 Von Karman, Suite 350 | e-mail: kengon@informix.com Irvine, CA 92715 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #include <std_disclaimer.h>