On 28 feb 2005, at 16:23, dazz wrote:
My experience has been in abandoning 4D for PostgreSQL and never
looking back.
sorry for continuining this OT, but which is pretty relevant to what
rb dev has to deal with.
can u explain a bit more why's that ? i did a lot of 4D and i still
think it's pretty powerfull and maybe more easy to program than
RB/postgres for more powerfull results. maybe i'm wrong, didn't do
some 4D, and i currently doing RB/postgres stuff ;) (i'm starting
postgres, so i can't really judge anything vs 4D yet.)
Main reasons for switching from 4D -> PostGre (or any other DBMS for
that matter):
1. Speed
2. Non-standard programming language
3. Not object oriented -> code repetition
4. MacOS X compatibility (although I've heard things are better now)
5. Extensibility (unless you plan on buying even more pricy plug-ins)
6. Price
7. Price ;-)
4th Dimension is very powerful, but it's pricing policy is just over
the edge. While it may take you some more time initially, if you design
your application well, you'll be able to make it faster, better and cut
your price by 1/3 (or make more profit ;-)).
Best regards
Peter De Berdt
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