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Thanks to all for ur response and esp to
George. !!
But mine real problem is that we have to use
Forte 4GL for one migration proj (from desktop to Web)..... what was the
development tool or language earlier we don't know but we have to use
Forte 4GL.
so while doing resaerch on Forte 4GL we came
across to many confusing technical terms (on net) and still we could not decide
whether we should use Forte WebEnterprise or Forte for
Java EE (Forte_EE 3.0) or Forte WebEnterprise Designer.
Regards,
Manoj
Software Programmer.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 3:17
AM
Subject: [jdjlist] Re: Forte 4GL
Back in the days before "Forte for Java" (mid-1990s) there
was a company
called Forte, which had a product, also called Forte, which
used a 4GL
called TOOL. Forte was a pioneering product in that it
tackled distributed
object-oriented programming for the client-server world
back before anybody
else was thinking of such things. I myself worked
with Forte for 4+ years
and it was really an excellent product.
The
main problem that Forte (the company) had was that they didn't see
the
transition from client-server to Java and web-based applications coming
in
time to really capitalize on it. In 1999, they introduced "SynerJ"
which
was their Java/J2EE development environment, just in time to be
bought by
Sun, right along with NetBeans. SynerJ was essentially
scrapped, NetBeans
became "Forte for Java", and the original Forte product
became "Forte 4GL".
Last year sometime, a new version of "Forte 4GL"
was released, but it was
rebranded as "Unified Development Server" or some
such obscure name. I
think the key idea with that release was to give
companies with legacy Forte
code the ability to interoperate with new
Java/J2EE applications.
And thus concludes tonight's history lesson.
:)
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Dale V. Georg
Technical
Manager
Indus Consultancy Services
(201) 261-3100
x229
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> -----Original
Message-----
> From: Andy Bentley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 5:06 PM
> To: JDJList
> Subject: [jdjlist]
Re: Forte 4GL
>
>
> No, I think you are getting your terms
mixed up.
>
>
> A 4GL refers to a Fourth Generation
Language. Java, C++, C are 3GL,
> Assemby 2GL, binary/octal
1 GL.
> 4GLs that I am aware of are FOCUS, EASEL etc. Very high
level
> languages that allow people to "code" in a more english like
syntax
> than C for instance. Used to be, analysts at Fortune 500
co.s who
> didn't keep their skills up gravitated to these type of
tools. Used
> for prototyping, JAD, etc.
>
> The only
product called Forte that I know of is an IDE. Integrated
>
Development Environment, like Borlands JBuilder, Visual Studio, Visual
>
Cafe, Eclipse etc.
>
> goto Sun site http://wwws.sun.com/software/sundev/jde/index.html
>
Notice that they have just re-launched Forte as Sun One Studio 4. and
>
they refer to it as an IDE.
>
> Tomm Carr wrote:
>
>
> > manoj wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone give
me detailed info on Forte 4GL --- I would
> like to know
> >
> what exactly it is...
> > >
> > > I could not get
detailed info on Forte 4GL - where can I find it.
> > >
>
> Unless Sun has attempted to change the definition of 4GL,
> Forte
*is* a
> > 4GL and always has been. Just like Borland's
JBuilder and
> Delphi, two
> > 4GLs based on Java and Pascal
respectively.
> >
> > Tomm
> >
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