Re: 4GL to GUI conversion
On Fri, 3 Apr 1998 10:13:35 +0100, Mike Ripley <mike.ripley@excelsys.co.uk> wrote: >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)? First: I said probably and meant it. Second: I thought I made it realatively clear what the limitations are with the following paragraph in my post regarding Java: "Some key features are component based, object oriented, multi threaded, multi tier programming all in one and the same language on all tiers with one set of development tools and one set of source code all running on most platforms, by next spring even within the Informix database engine as a sort of stored procedure language or as datablades." PowerBuilder have limitations (or no way to do it at all) in several of these areas. Of course you can solve these things by using other languages in combination with PowerBuilder, but that isn't by far as good a solution as doing it all in one language when that language is as usefull as Java at all these levels. >How much experience do you have of PowerBuilder compared to Java? This is a false question. Some people believe you can say nothing without personal experience. I have that with both products, but that's not key in this regard. >Mike Ripley > >Remove NOSPAM to e-mail Nils Myklebust NM Data AS Norway E-mail: Nils.Myklebust@nmdata.com FAQ at: Primary with ODBC info: http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html