Re: 4GL to GUI conversion

Posted in 1998

Mike Ripley — Fri, 3 Apr 1998 10:13:35 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <352375cc.16674375@gate.idg.no>, Nils Myklebust <Nils.Myklebust@nmdata.com> writes SNIP >The other problem is however much larger. Do you expect the SuperNova >people to gain many new customers outside the converts from 4GL? I >don't. In the face of Java as a development tool it will be very hard >to compete. Visix (with Galaxy) just went under. Progress have >essentially given up on the Progress language and tools. They now do >Java tools. Next in line (appart from the smaller ones) is probably >PowerBuilder. It's an ok tool within it's limitations, but nothing at >all compared to what Java can now do for you. It will probably take a >long time to disapear as there are a relatively high number of user >with lots of legacy applications. >One can speculate about anyone else as well. > SNIP What are the limititations of PowerBuilder (see above)? How much experience do you have of PowerBuilder compared to Java? Mike Ripley Remove NOSPAM to e-mail