dan@blender.UUCP (Dan Keizer) (11/26/89)
Hi ... I've made a few postings to this group before ... I'm new to
the HP environment. I'm working with the 3000 systems (micro gx at
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. From what
I've seen of the Today language, I wouldn't say I'd use it if I could.
Being a menu-driven programming environment .. it lacks some contemporary
programming features ....
Speedware, on the other hand, has more flexibility environment wise. We
usually edit the files on our pc's and upload the source to the hp with
reflections. Maintaining the source on the hp is a little cumbersome
considering the editors that are available.
So ... any others using this??
BTW: Anyone have some kind of UUCP software for this machine, or am
I going to have to use our Xenix systems?
Thanks for any info ...
Dan.
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Dan Keizer
uucp: dan!blender.UUCP
bangpath: ...!uunet!{ubc-cs|watmath}!calgary!xenlink!blender!danharald@apple.ucsb.edu (Ommang, Harald) (12/03/89)
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 ================================================================== "Born in the ice-blue waters of the festooned Norwegian coast.." - Bertrand Meyer on object-oriented programming Well, so was Harald Ommang. harald%cornu@hub.ucsb.edu