[comp.databases] What RDBMS to write Mac and MS-DOS applications?

webster@cs.iastate.edu (Brian Webster) (03/03/90)

I am looking for a relational database package in which I can write applications
that can be compiled under either Macintosh or MS-DOS systems with minimal
modifications.  I have applications that have to run under both systems, and
I'd like to be able to do the development work once.

I'm aware that Foxbase has a product for both systems, and was told that the
code is portable if the programmer is careful not to use system dependent
things.  Has anyone had any experience writing code with Foxbase for both
systems?  How much re-writing is necessary to transfer it from one to the
other?

What other relational database packages will allow you to write applications
that can be compiled under either the Macintosh or MS-DOS?  What are some of
the advantages/disadvantages of these packages?

Please respond via e-mail, and I will summarize on the net.

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