Re: Java for writing business logic?

Billy Wheeler wrote: > > On 10 Mar 98 at 14:54, Louis DeLongchamp wrote: > > > Informix says at http://www.informix.com/informix/corpinfo/java.htm: > > Pure Java provides customers > > with tremendous fexibility and investment protection in > > both applications and training by, for the first time, > > allowing organizations to write business logic once and run > > it anywhere, on any platform. > > > > Is 4gl going the way of Java after briefly passing by > > Wingz and NewEra? > > Nope. 4GL is officially "brain-dead" - it's just on life support at > the moment. [One for our regular viewers.] What Informix are pushing > is the Data Director for Java, which offers a set of database aware > widgets to ease the use of a database with Java. Not forgetting: Data Director for Visual Basic Data Director for Web Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com FAQ http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+