Q: 4GL -> Java good idea?

Posted in 1997

Kerry Sainsbury — Thu, 22 May 1997 20:02:16 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Team, I'm just wondering if anybody thinks a 4GL to Java cross-compiler would be a good idea. This is, of course, entirely non-trivial, and the result would almost certainly not be nice OO code. Accepting this, is it still a worthwile idea? One of the coolest things about Java, IMHO, is the ability to write portable, readable, server-side code, which is what I would expect the 4GL -> Java cross-compiler to be mainly used for: A migration path for business logic. Waddaya reckon? Thanks for your input, Kerry "4GL on Linux is about as interesting as COBOL on CP/M" S ------------------------------------,------------------------------------------ Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ v2.10 May 1997 Quanta Systems, Auckland | http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/ New Zealand. Work: +64 9 377-4473 | ftp://ftp.iiug.org/pub/informix/faq Home: +64 9 279-3571 | ftp://kcbbs.gen.nz:/pub/informix/