Re: New era ???

>In article <47t6m4$ml1@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, >bw000001@pixie.co.za (Billy Wheeler) wrote: >>>How good is new era. We are developing a new system and should decide >> >>New Era is *much* better than Visual Basic! At the heart of Visual Basic is >>a language called BASIC - would you develop an app in BASIC? At the heart of >>NE is Informix-4GL - much better for developing _real_ apps... >> >>Seriously, VB is very good for prototyping and front-ending apps, but it >>doesn't have the power as a language for complex apps. > >While I agree with the sentiment I'm sick of hearing people bad-mouth BASIC. >Modern-day BASICs are the same as any other modern high-level structured >procedural language, including Informix-"4GL". Of course their database >integration might be a bit crappy... > >In fact Informix-"4GL" is one of the few BASICs around that *still* insist >on the use of "LET" when assigning values to variables! Well, Kerry, <whimper> put down that baseball bat... :-) No, I agree in general terms with what you say, BASIC isn't really all that far behind, but in this particular instance, database integration is paramount. And furthermore, I believe that most of the people around here aren't designing or writing database independent app's, hence my strong stand on the evils of BASIC! :-) No, Kerry, please, <thud, thud> [LOST CARRIER] -- Cheers, Billy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- INCLUDE "Disclaimer.4gh" -- my opinions are INCLUDE "FlamesToDevNull.4gh" -- flamers, eat my shorts! INCLUDE "CaveatEmptor.4gh" -- take my advice at your own risk INCLUDE "ThirtySomething.4gh" -- header file for this class -- Written by : Billy Wheeler, Date: today -- Copyright (c) 1995, The West Solutions Group