Re: NewEra: Anyone using it?

David Beale wrote: > >>As far as C++ derived languages, Java has it beat hands down. >>For OO, look at smalltalk and Objective C. > > Please compare like with like. > NewEra's lanaguage is an OO 4gl, the others are 3gl. So? What real difference does this make when you build applications, especially client/server and distributed ones? > Java is certainly a great language, but I wouldn't want to use it This I would agree with. But of course, I much prefer Smalltalk. :-) > create quick reports or simple DB maintenance programs with it, this I wouldn't want to use New Era for these either. If you want to create quick reports, use a report writer like Crystal Reports, Reportsmith, or IQObjects. If you want simple (and small) DB (as well as non-DB) maintenance programs or utilities, use Delphi instead. > is where a 4gl comes into its own . NewEra with its 4gl and OO > aspects it becomes a very powerful language, a bit of a > Jack-of-all-trades. Maybe. But there are others that are more powerful. IBM's VisualAge for Smalltalk comes to mind. > > > >Just $.02 worth. > > also mine. And mine. By the way, we just recently got rid of New Era in our outfit. As far as I am concerned, good riddance. Jun Nolasco nolasco@inx.net