Re: Why do I need New Era?

In article <1995Mar27.135742.27191@ucseng.ucs.att.com>, w1willi@ucs.att.com (w1willi@ucs.att.com) says: > > >>New Era is a good project, even thought it is lacking in its form builder. >>NewEra is really there 4gl++. It was made so that it would be a cross >>plateform product. It uses the MircoSoft's C++ 1.5 comipler, but it really >>just uses the c-compiler. Informix just did not want to have to create >>a c-compiler for ever plateform that was going to run NewEra. NewEra >>really shines in there lanuage. It is very powerful. NewEra will not be >>a great product until 2.0 which will be out in Dec. NewERa is really a >>new product, I think they let it out a little early. I am hoping that >>my Co decides to use the tool. Because I can see it making my life a lot >>easier in the long run. Even though development will take a little longer. >>but that is to be expected with an OOP. Since you have to do a lot more >>planning before you start writting code. NewEra should not be used for >>a quick and dirty application. But that is just my opinion. >>Matt > >Is anyone other than me bothered by the fact that this was posted from a >University and the English used is worse than 8th grade? I mean, c'mon, >I know we get in a hurry, but *please*. I expect better from college >students, and I'm not even a college graduate! > > >Bill Williams > >Disclaimer: My judgments and opinions are my own. Period. > Yes Bill! Here's a helper for Matt ( who used Linda's account I guess ) The grammar was bad enough, but there is hope. I think if Matt will get his IF-THEN-ELSE right he will be ok. I worked with a programmer once who had "tooken" his report and modified it...The report was great, but I told him to let me write his status reports before giving them to management. I before E except after C as in neighbor and weigh... Word Usage ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- their Their 4GL is just about dead. there There are other products with better price/performance ratios they're They're scambling to get into the Windows market because Windows 95 is going to make it really hard to justify buying UNIX boxes. They're pricing themselves out of the market at $4550/user. Not sure what a 'plateform' is--maybe this is some kind of ceramic dish mold? :-)