Re: Alternative of NewEra

Michael Segel wrote: > > Billy Wheeler wrote: > > > > On 25 Oct 97 at 12:18, Michael Segel wrote: > > > > > I dare anyone to tell me of a better product for application > > > development. > > > > OK: Informix-4GL. :-) > > > Outch! > And I sent you some nice pictures of one of my future ex-wives :-) > > Seriously, 4GL is great for report writing. OUCH, indeed! "great for report writing"?! :-( That's like saying OnLine is good for storing pictures of ex-wives. :-) ACE was great for report writing. 4GL does somewhat more that write reports. In fact I'd go as far as to say report writing is it's least significant attribute. As Billy said, Informix-4GL is the best database application development tool available. .....good for report writing!... mutter... mutter.... > But well, > in this day of point and click hysteria, many forget that for > some applications, pure character based applications are the best. True. But DO go on...... :-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com FAQ http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+