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- From: thompson@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (William Thompson, code 682.1, x2040)
- Subject: Re: ESQL/C + GX
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:23:00 GMT
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- In article <1jjvokINN7nt@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com>, kurt@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com (Kurt Andersen) writes...
- >In article <1jel7rINNqtq@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> alan@effluvia.den.mmc.com (Alan Popiel) writes:
- >>alex@aureus.sublink.org (Sandro Doro) writes:
- >>
- >>Rebuilding the 4GL runner is (sort of) standard practice for the character
- >>mode 4GL, but it is not trivial. Also, I do not know whether it is supported
- >>for 4GL/GX.
- >
- >According to the Informix people at last summer's Worldwide Users Conference
- >4GL/GX was not planned to support ESQL extensions.
- >
- >Maybe feedback at the conference changed their mind, but I wouldn't count
- >on it.
-
- Let me be very clear on this. I got the impression from the Informix
- literature that 4GL/GX simply gave a windows interface to 4GL. This led me to
- believe that everything you could do in 4GL you'd be able to do in 4GL/GX. Are
- you telling me that this is *NOT* true?
-
- Bill Thompson
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