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In article <1505@ccnysci.UUCP> alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) writes:
>In article <UYBGaHy00WB50oe7cW@andrew.cmu.edu> rs5o+@andrew.cmu.edu
>(Randall Knowles Smith) writes:
>>Comments on 4th Dimension:
>>The manual looks very good, and is quite authoritatively wrong or
>>misleading in some parts.  Not many, just enough to drive a beginner
>>mad.  Experts in Database programming probably wouldn't have any
>>problems.  Also, the program can be very slow at times; especially when
>>running in a multi-user environment off a server.  And this leads me into:
>
>That's not all. Often the manual is right and the program's wrong. Like
>when it crashes. Which it does frequently, especially in multi-user.
>Also, you're wrong. Even experts can go nuts trying to piece together
>the crazily implemented input loop.

	This is wrong.  4D is a solid program.  I have built over 20
	multi-user apps in 4D.  Everyday over 100 people use these apps
	and they do not crash.  
	
	A 4D app is completely reliable.

	It is possible to cause 4D to crash if you call an illegal
	command that changes the current record pointer while entering
	a record.  It is a bug that 4D crashes, but once you
	remove the illegal command, everything is fine. This is fixed in
	the new version.

Joe Liemandt
liemandt@jessica.stanford.edu