Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!ucbvax!hplabs!pyramid!unify!craig From: craig@Unify.Com (Craig Isaacs) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: 4GL + SQL (Sculptor) Message-ID: Date: 16 Aug 90 20:23:45 GMT References: <1491@cdin-1.UUCP> <1201@icdi10.UUCP> Organization: Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA, USA Lines: 31 In article <1201@icdi10.UUCP> fr@icdi10.UUCP (Fred Rump from home) writes: >fred@cdin-1.UUCP (Fred Rump) writes: > >.>Just received a blurb from MPD International on the Sculptor product. >.>Claims to be one of the fastest 4GL's on the market. > >.>Has anybody seen this product and is it worth taking a closer look at? I get a demo of Sculpter while at the Unix User show in the UK. (Is it available in the US?) Anyway, the system seemed pretty nice, but works only with flat files. Also, I may be wrong (I'm sure I'll be corrected if I am :), but I think the form generator generates 4GL, which could be a problem when modifications or maintenance is required. >-- >Fred Rump "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will >26 Warren St. piss on your computer." domain: fr@icdi10.compu.com >Beverly, NJ. 08010 uucp: ...{bpa dsinc uunet}!cdin-1!icdi10!fr >609-386-6846 "Freude... Alle Menschen werden Brueder..." - The Ode Disclaimer: I work for Unify Corporation, which also develops a 4GL (although for a different marketplace)..... -- Craig Isaacs *Unify Corporation* internet: craig@unify.UUCP voice: (916) 920-9092 ...!{csusac,pyramid}!unify!craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Rearview mirrors are for wimps." - Mark Tice, quote of the week