Re: 4gl

Steve Leung wrote: > > Hi all, > > After joining the news list a few months, I find a lot of > topics are still around 4gl. > > Is 4gl really that popular around Informix community? > > Is 4gl just another legacy thing? No future builtin? > > Are there any similar products in the market that can do > a better job than 4gl? > > Is it still make sense to build character-based GUI applications? > What are the pros and cons? > > Will you recommend people new to Informix to learn 4gl? And why? > > Any takers? > > /steveleung Another thought: have you seen a language that allows quick and seamless embedding of SQL better than I-4GL? ODBC looks hard work by comparison. -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc.