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From: harald@apple.ucsb.edu (Ommang, Harald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: hp3000 + 4Gl
Keywords: hp3000 4gl speedware today
Message-ID: <3210@hub.UUCP>
Date: 3 Dec 89 03:09:10 GMT
References: <58@blender.UUCP>
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Reply-To: harald@apple.UUCP (Ommang)
Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara
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In article <58@blender.UUCP> dan@blender.UUCP (Dan Keizer) writes:
>...
>the moment) running MPE.  I've been getting into Speedware and dabbling
>with the Today language.  I'm curious as to how others feel about these
>languages.  They're 4GL's and each has interesting features. 
> ....   
>
>So ... any others using this??
>
(NOTE : Tried to e-mail a reply, but adresses didn't work)

Hi !  
First : I have no experience with any of the 4GL's you've mentioned, but I'd
        like to give some input anyway.  

I'm currently studing at UCSB, but regularly I work for a computer consulting
company in Bergen , Norway.  In the Norwegian HP3000 community, PowerHouse is
THE BIG choice of 4GL.  I have used it for several years, and must say that it
is quite good.  Of course, any (at least most) 4GL's have some limitations or
other, but PowerHouse is very easy to use, flexible, and easy for the users to
handle. I think also that in the worldwide market, PowerHouse is the 4GL leader
in the HP3000 community.

However, I've heard rumours that Oracle is entering the stage quite rapidly,
so it'll be interesting to se what happens in the future.

By the way, it makes me glad to se an HP3000 user in here, I've felt lonely
in the UNIX dominated University surroundings !!

Harald


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