Re: Informix Dynamic 4GL

Posted in 1998

Kerry S — Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:07:28 +1200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

It's a rebadged version of the 4js compiler (www.4js.com). You recompile using the 4js compiler and the same executable will run against a Unix character terminal, a Windows PC client, or an X-Windows client. It uses TCL/TK to provide the client interface, so it's not exactly a "native" look, but it's not bad. It works pretty much as advertised, and the compiler finds lots of problems that Informix-4gl doesn't notice until runtime. That said, the language is still Informix-4GL, and Informix-4GL is still crap :-( (Meaning "Look Ma, no objects") Dennis Gross wrote in message ... > >Has anyone had any experience with using Informix's Dynamic 4GL >product? It looks like from the description on their web site >that you can take Unix character based screens and recompile >them to X Windows applications. Does this work, and if so, >how well? > >I'd be interested in any comments. Thanks! > > > >Dennis >