Re: [MacPerl] SQL Database for Mac

[Jon Lucenius <jonl@magpage.com>]

>I downloaded Cloudscape and ran one of the examples. I guess it would be
>more appealing to me if a) MRJ wasn't so damned slow and b) I had more than
>a passing knowledge of Java. I'm also downloading the PrimeBase thing that
>some other folks mentioned and am looking forward to playing with it some.

Yeah, MRJ is slow, but they just licensed Symantec's JIT so it should see some
improvements, but you will still need a G3 to get anything serious done.
Along these lines, Visual Cafe is very fast at compiling.

>Altho I am partial to Butler, it's nice to know that there are some other
>SQL options around for the Mac now. Hmmm, come to think of it, I've got a
>copy of a personal server version of Oracle 7 for Mac that came on the CD
>with the Oracle for Dummies book I bought a few years ago. Maybe I should
>have mentioned that alternative to begin with if you just want something to
>practice on?

That wouls have been nice, I'll check it out as well.
One can't have too many databases. :-)

Jon
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