Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Symeon Breen
not ! From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno Sent: 07 February 2011 20:58 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] A new DML? From: Charles_Shaffer You will never be able to go completely away from UniBASIC

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Ed Clark
I guess Ian was partially right? On jbase, all basic code is precompiled into c code (which is then compiled into os native object and executables), and if you wanted to you could just skip the precompiler and write the c code directly. They provide object code libraries with functions for all

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Ed Clark
I'll go on a limb and state my belief emphatically that we will never see another new language implemented within the DBMS itself. Not from universe/unidata/d3 maybe (and sadly), but this is what Intersystems did with Cache. They added mv basic as a language in the dbms (beside the original

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Steve Romanow
On 2/8/2011 8:38 AM, Ed Clark wrote: I'll go on a limb and state my belief emphatically that we will never see another new language implemented within the DBMS itself. Well, the python on my aix box is a little crufty (2.6.2). Ctypes is malfunctioning so I will probably be a quarter or two

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Steve Romanow
On 2/8/2011 8:41 AM, Steve Romanow wrote: On 2/8/2011 8:38 AM, Ed Clark wrote: I'll go on a limb and state my belief emphatically that we will never see another new language implemented within the DBMS itself. Well, the python on my aix box is a little crufty (2.6.2). Ctypes is

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Wols Lists
On 08/02/11 13:38, Ed Clark wrote: I'll go on a limb and state my belief emphatically that we will never see another new language implemented within the DBMS itself. Not from universe/unidata/d3 maybe (and sadly), but this is what Intersystems did with Cache. They added mv basic as a

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Wols Lists
On 07/02/11 21:00, Steve Romanow wrote: Now, as I've said recently, we can immediately build our own external language bindings with no help from any of the DBMS providers. Unfortunately this option leaves us to connect in via the above methods, and no matter how fast that happens, it's

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Steve Romanow
On 2/8/2011 10:28 AM, Wols Lists wrote: On 07/02/11 21:00, Steve Romanow wrote: Now, as I've said recently, we can immediately build our own external language bindings with no help from any of the DBMS providers. Unfortunately this option leaves us to connect in via the above methods, and no

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Glen B
On 2/7/2011 11:48 PM, Steve Romanow wrote: How many companies sole source of income is from innovation and investment from 2-3 decades and 6 owners ago? ___ I know of many but they each have their own varying level of innovation due to varying

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Steve Romanow
On 2/8/2011 10:34 AM, Glen B wrote: On 2/7/2011 11:48 PM, Steve Romanow wrote: How many companies sole source of income is from innovation and investment from 2-3 decades and 6 owners ago? ___ I know of many but they each have their own varying

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Glen Batchelor
On 2/8/2011 10:30 AM, Steve Romanow wrote: On 2/8/2011 10:28 AM, Wols Lists wrote: On 07/02/11 21:00, Steve Romanow wrote: Now, as I've said recently, we can immediately build our own external language bindings with no help from any of the DBMS providers. Unfortunately this option leaves us

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Steve Romanow
On 2/8/2011 10:41 AM, Glen Batchelor wrote: It's available on AIX for PPC-64 based on the home page. GlenB ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users Ty, so there is some hope. I

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Bill Brutzman
It is clear to me that we have been for some time in an era of middleware. Some examples... Flex - ColdFusion - database Ajax - pHp - SQL SB+ - UniBasic - U2 FrontEnd - MiddleWare - database GUI - BusinessLogic - database With the emerging preponderance of devices, phones, tablets, PC's, the

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Glen Batchelor
-Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Brutzman Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 10:44 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] A new DML? It is clear to me that we have been for some time in an era

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Ed Clark
Only in part. Intersystems has many developers, all developing away. I'm trying not to sound like an advertisement here--just making the point that innovation is actively happening on at least 1 mv platform. On Feb 8, 2011, at 10:26 AM, Wols Lists wrote: On 08/02/11 13:38, Ed Clark wrote:

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-08 Thread Dan McGrath
Of Ed Clark Sent: Wednesday, 9 February 2011 11:01 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] A new DML? Only in part. Intersystems has many developers, all developing away. I'm trying not to sound like an advertisement here--just making the point that innovation is actively happening on at least 1 mv

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-07 Thread Tony Gravagno
From: Charles_Shaffer You will never be able to go completely away from UniBASIC while keeping a U2 database. I don't think that's possible. We use Uniobjects on our web servers to access our Unidata servers. Technically we could avoid UniBasic with Uniobjects, although I don't

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-07 Thread Steve Romanow
On 2/7/2011 3:58 PM, Tony Gravagno wrote: From: Charles_Shaffer You will never be able to go completely away from UniBASIC while keeping a U2 database. I don't think that's possible. We use Uniobjects on our web servers to access our Unidata servers. Technically we could avoid UniBasic with

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-07 Thread fft2001
addition to the Pick History series. I learned RPL before I really learned BASIC. -Original Message- From: Tony Gravagno 3xk547...@sneakemail.com To: u2-users u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Mon, Feb 7, 2011 12:58 pm Subject: Re: [U2] A new DML? From: Charles_Shaffer You

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-07 Thread fft2001
RPL was a new language binding, which developed from PROC. It was a fully extended language, capable of replacing BASIC in all regards. I wonder if anyone is still running an RPL system anywhere? Another note, per Ian Sandler, writing in or just before 1989, which might be seen as

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-07 Thread DavidJMurray (mvdbs.com)
Have a look at Antler - http://www.antlr.org/ and http://pragprog.com/titles/tpdsl/language-implementation-patterns I have also looking into this as a method to extend UniBasic with a pre-processor. djm slestak wrote: I think I will be tinkering with this soon. I have to believe

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-07 Thread Glen B
On 2/7/2011 3:58 PM, Tony Gravagno wrote: From: Charles_Shaffer You will never be able to go completely away from UniBASIC while keeping a U2 database. I don't think that's possible. We use Uniobjects on our web servers to access our Unidata servers. Technically we could avoid UniBasic with

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-07 Thread Steve Romanow
On 02/07/2011 11:16 PM, Glen B wrote: On 2/7/2011 3:58 PM, Tony Gravagno wrote: From: Charles_Shaffer You will never be able to go completely away from UniBASIC while keeping a U2 database. I don't think that's possible. We use Uniobjects on our web servers to access our Unidata servers.

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-05 Thread Jeffrey Butera
On 2/4/2011 11:10 PM, DavidJMurray (mvdbs.com) wrote: Yes, it is possible to use intercall with Python using the ctypes module: http://mvdbs.com/2010/07/05/python-to-intercall/ We previously attempted to use SWIG to get python to call InterCall, but ran into issues with python (64 bit) and

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-05 Thread Steve Romanow
Thank You David! Nice blog. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:10 PM, DavidJMurray (mvdbs.com) nab...@mvdbs.com wrote: Yes, it is possible to use intercall with Python using the ctypes module: http://mvdbs.com/2010/07/05/python-to-intercall/ Cheers, djm slestak wrote: This might be a way to

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-05 Thread DavidJMurray (mvdbs.com)
Thanks for you kind comments. Remember to comment any article that you find of value. Cheers, djm slestak wrote: Thank You David! Nice blog. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:10 PM, DavidJMurray (mvdbs.com) nab...@mvdbs.com wrote: Yes, it is possible to use intercall with Python using

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-05 Thread DavidJMurray (mvdbs.com)
Jeff, I have not tried ctypes etc on a 64-bit platform, but if SWIG had issues, then I would not be surprised if ctypes also had some issues. Is there not a 64-bit intercall with 64-bit UniVerse? djm Jeffrey Butera wrote: On 2/4/2011 11:10 PM, DavidJMurray (mvdbs.com) wrote: Yes, it is

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-05 Thread Steve Romanow
On 02/05/2011 05:18 PM, DavidJMurray (mvdbs.com) wrote: Thanks for you kind comments. Remember to comment any article that you find of value. Cheers, djm slestak wrote: Thank You David! Nice blog. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:10 PM, DavidJMurray (mvdbs.com) nab...@mvdbs.com wrote: Yes,

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-05 Thread DavidJMurray (mvdbs.com)
Fixed. Thanks for that. djm slestak wrote: http://mvdbs.com http://mvdbs.com I attempted to and got an error regarding the wordpress captcha. Not that I entered it incorrectly, just a wp malfunction. ___ U2-Users mailing list

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-04 Thread Steve Romanow
On 2/4/2011 2:18 PM, fft2...@aol.com wrote: I have to disagree with the claim that none of the above interfaces exist. I'm currently in conversation with someone who has achieved connectivity from PerlPHPD3 in order to have a type of web store. I'm going to be looking at this to make the mods

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-04 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 2/4/2011 11:23:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, slestak...@gmail.com writes: Most of this discussion is about client side connectivity. What I would love to see is a replacement for UniBASIC. Server side language bindings are what interest me. Of course you can do this.

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-04 Thread Steve Romanow
On 2/4/2011 2:29 PM, fft2...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 2/4/2011 11:23:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, slestak...@gmail.com writes: Most of this discussion is about client side connectivity. What I would love to see is a replacement for UniBASIC. Server side language bindings are what

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-04 Thread Steve Romanow
On 2/4/2011 2:29 PM, fft2...@aol.com wrote: Of course you can do this. Which of your clients do you think would be willing to pay me to develop all the subroutines in PHP ? This will never be done on an hourly basis for a client. Something like this will be done probably by an inhouse team

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-04 Thread Steve Romanow
If I was not already stacked up to the gills, I would be working on this right now. I have a couple of false starts, and have reached out to a few c programmers. One day... ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-04 Thread Steve Romanow
This might be a way to call the Intercall routines. http://docs.python.org/extending/extending.html ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-04 Thread FFT2001
We were just discussing something similar on the PHP Meetup list. Lots of people have lots of ideas. The ideas aren't what turn a 0 company into a ten million dollar one. I have lots of ideas also, as does every programmer or engineer. An idea, a vision, a plan, go so far. If you don't

Re: [U2] A new DML?

2011-02-04 Thread DavidJMurray (mvdbs.com)
Yes, it is possible to use intercall with Python using the ctypes module: http://mvdbs.com/2010/07/05/python-to-intercall/ Cheers, djm slestak wrote: This might be a way to call the Intercall routines. http://docs.python.org/extending/extending.html