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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:2736 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:666 comp.lang.basic.visual:27212 comp.databases.sybase:11432 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!fastrac.llnl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnexus!news.halcyon.com!halcyon!mjoseph From: mjoseph@halcyon.halcyon.com (Michael Joseph Brennan) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.databases.sybase Subject: Re: Visual Basic vs. PowerBuilder Date: 29 Nov 1994 15:01:47 GMT Organization: NWNEXUS, Inc. - Making Internet Easy Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3bffor$c4r@news.halcyon.com> References: <davebo.18.0010EDAE@mcs.com> <3bea1t$3pm@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: halcyon.com In article <3bea1t$3pm@alterdial.UU.NET>, <ncharney@mutualfunds.com> wrote: > >In article <davebo.18.0010EDAE@mcs.com>, <davebo@mcs.com> writes: >lterdial.uu.net comp.os.386bsd.development:2954 comp.lang.basic.visual:31060 >comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:991 comp.databases.sybase:13308 >> >> Has anyone done a comparison of these 2 tools? We are running Sybase System >> 10 on Unix on an HP9000 series 800 server. We plan to do Windows client >> development using one of these 2 packages. Any information/results would be >> appreciated....Of course, any general comments would be great, too! Thanks >in >> advance. >we've been using vb as a front end for the past two years and have been >quite happy w/ the results. We coded using both PB and VB for head to head >comparisons and our preference was VB. One major consideration was look and >feel -VB clearly had a much more standard interface. I used VB, switched to PB for a while and quickly moved back to VB. Although I loved the PowerBuilder (Desktop) Environment, I just ran into so many bugs and problems that it really slowed me down. I have heard they have fixed many of the bugs I ran into. The next version of VB will have many of the programming features I want (ie real objects). Borland Delphi sounds better on paper than both VB and PB, althought I would like to get a good look at it before recommending it. mjoseph@halcyon.com