Re: Reality check...a data compiler?

In article <2s5d70$r0j_at_crl2.crl.com>, pwass_at_crl.com (Peter Wasserman) wrote:

> I am working with a client who is building a data compiler. The idea
> goes as follows: just as the jump from assemply to fortran made programming
> processes easier, so this product will make set-up, access and
> modification of data easier (presenting data in a way that is close to
> people and computers). This is done by a) separating data structures from
> processes (data is defined only once and complex relationships are easily
> established because data structures are in a common repository
> accessible by other software tools (SQL, GUI, etc.) and b) providing a
> language for data so that end-users can define their own data and link it
> with the applications existing data.
>
> Does this make any sense? I am not an engineer/programmer, but any
> feedback would be helpful.
>
> Thanks

Sounds an awful lot like a CASE tool to me. Can you explain to me the differences you see between what you have described and a CASE tool such as ORACLE CASE? Jeff

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