Re: Opinions Wanted: 4GL or New Era??

On 29 Jul 97 at 23:14, Michael Segel wrote: > Billy Wheeler wrote: > > > > On 29 Jul 97 at 10:06, Marco Greco wrote: > [We interrupt this "pissing" contest to continue the thread] > > > Nose to the ground and ear to the grindstone in: > > Johannesburg, Murder Capital of the World > > > Gee Billy, seems like you have to travel all the time. > What's the matter? Trying to escape from all those ex's > fathers with the shot gun? ;-) [Here's a hint. Casually > ask her what her father does and if he owns a gun before you > date her! Works for me ! 8-] Tried that, the buggers all went off and bought guns later!! :-) > Now seriously, > I'd say start with 4GL. Its fast, easy, and relatively bug free. You > can get a working app done quickly. The concetrate on the GUI world. > Here's a helpful tip: Write your business logic in C! C is still the > most portable language around! > Does this make sense, or has my medication started to wear off? No, Mikey, the medication is *definitely* wearing off!! :-) "Write your business logic in C" for portability? And introduce all the hassles of having your business logic in a 3GL with obscure, obfuscated code? I think not. Furthermore, while C syntax might be portable, I have seen plenty of evidence that C development environments are not. If you want portability, use 4GL RDS... :-) Before people start waving their hands around, I'd like to point out that we've generally obtained equivalent and, in some cases, superior performance using RDS rather than compiled 4GL. All our clients use RDS. We all love it. So there! :-) As for Java, I can only say (at this stage), "Feh!" And I know I've said it before. Plus you still have all the strain of learning OO programming. If this keeps on, I'm going to have to up my rates: that'll be $0.02, please! -- Ciao, Billy Pissing in the wind in: Johannesburg, Murder Capital of the World. Plus I was burgled *again* last night. Bastards