Re: NewEra: Anyone using it?

Posted in 1997

David W Chan — Mon, 05 May 1997 22:29:15 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Mike Segel <mikey@segel.NOSPAM-.KING.OF.MYDOMAIN.-NOSPAM.com> wrote: >David W Chan wrote: > >> >- Overall experience >> >> Good language and the tools are improving. Lack of object >> partitioning means that partitioning is difficult. Lack of exception >> handling makes it hard to handle errors in a controlled way. >> >Gaff! >Good Language? >Not! >As far as C++ derived languages, Java has it beat hands down. I wouldn't go that far. The NewEra language is good. Java is better but it is not way ahead. Apart from the exception handling mentioned above, the only major difference is the support for interfaces. Java could do with some of the features found in NE such as handlers, parameter naming, automatic casting, and being able to return multiple parameters. >For OO, look at smalltalk and Objective C. Is NewEra not OO? >Just $.02 worth. >-Mikey David David W Chan GO5 Limited david@go5.com (work) dwc@cix.compulink.co.uk (home)