Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!codas!karthur
From: karthur@codas.att.com (Kurt_R_Arthur)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: dBase IV
Message-ID: <1619@codas.att.com>
Date: 22 Jan 88 17:57:59 GMT
References: <421@xroads.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T, Altamonte Springs, FL
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In article <421@xroads.UUCP> dparker@xroads.UUCP (David M. Parker) writes:
> 
> I have heard rumors that Ashton Tate will be bringing out dBase IV shortly. 
> Is the rumor true and, if so, what will the enhancements be like?

Rumored improvements include use of "interpret on the fly" psuedo-code
generation to significantly decrease execution time (but it is not as fast as
FOXbase or the other compilers),  some new functions, a new 'assist' feature
more powerful than the one in dBaseIII+, better LAN support, and an increase
in the number of modules in a catalog (presently 32, soon ?).

Enhancements not added are a compiler, memo field query, and arrays.  In short,
A-T has raised the standard, but not by as much as most had hoped.

Kurt Arrhur
Software Services of Florida, Inc.