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> Given 2004 is already passed for quite some time now, what do you think a ‘business logic’ language should do about concurrency? I think it cannot do much. No ROI to be expected. At least developers of new languages take the hardware trend into account, they are not chained to that leaden ball of the past. > I don’t see anyone needing complex algorithms processing in a regular business application and doubt anyone would consider using the 4gl for building games, graphical processing, AI, or anything else that require much CPU attention. For simple applications and maybe conservative vendors with not too much ambition and imagination (sorry) oe will be ok. Softwarehouses with ambition will find out how to get profit from the hardware improvements. It's at least interesting to imagine what would be possible outside the bounds you are used to. And who will buy into oe nowadays, knowing what else is available.
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