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From: krh@root.co.uk (Kevin Hickman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.databases
Subject: Re: 4GL for Xenix
Keywords: 4GL, Xenix
Message-ID: <712@root44.co.uk>
Date: 28 Feb 89 12:58:10 GMT
References: <7291@pyr.gatech.EDU> <8159@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: krh@root44.UUCP (Kevin Hickman)
Organization: UniSoft Ltd, London, England
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In article <8159@watcgl.waterloo.edu> cslewis@lily.waterloo.edu (Cary Lewis) writes:
>Dataflex offers excellent terminal independant forms processing, a
>procedural language that lets you do practically anything you could ever
>want to. There is a Query program included that provides a "point-and-shoot"
>method of retrieving data. 

Ever get the feeling you've heard that before? ANY Database should offer these
facilities else you're being done!

>
>A C source and library product is now also available that allows extensions
>to be made to the Dataflex language. This should only be required for
>very specialiazed applications as the standard Dataflex language is very
>rich and expressive.
>

I would say that if you are serious about spending the better part of $1500
on a Database product, whatever product, a 3GL language interface should
be a requirement. Despite what you're told 4GL's (what are they anyway?)
will more tha likely NOT "do everything that you would ever want" without
some form of propping up.

			Kevin Hickman.

N.B
	It would be worth looking at Accell from Unify Corporation,
	and Informix from Informix.

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