Re: 4GL legacy -> GUI C++ or Java ?

Posted in 1998

Candy McCall — Thu, 3 Dec 1998 14:03:47 -0600 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Dynamic-4GL is a good interim step to take that is definitely worth taking a look at. It gives you a GUI look in a thin-client interface. Converting to another language is costly and often requires re-training of programmers, especially to an object oriented language. Another strength of Dynamic-4GL is that it runs on Unix, NT and Linux operating systems. Dynamic-4GL can give you an immediate GUI look for the short term, then convert your application to another language for the long-term. We started converting our 4GL legacy to Java until Dynamic-4GL was introduced. We still plan to go to Java in the long-term but are concentrating on the Dynamic-4GL for now. Candy -- Candy McCall ONLINE Computing, Inc. (candym@olcinc.com) >Dear All, > >We have a legacy 4GL system which we want to convert to a GUI and wonder >whether anyone has any comments as to whether we should go the C++ route >or Java ? > >All comments appreciated. > > > > >Richard Thompson >