XPost: microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming   
   From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   Dear SQL'ers:   
      
        Enough playing in the guts.  Now, I need to figure out which   
   language or language to use for front-end code.  The system being   
   planned is for a small company, and the system must be easily   
   modifiable.   
      
        What are your suggestions, and how does one get strated with your   
   suggestions?   
      
   My Wish List:   
      
        I strongly want as much intelligence in the database as possible.   
   Using the DBMS as merely a filestore is not acceptable.   
      
        I would like a language that has a good development environment,   
   including a source-level debugger.  Interpreted code is just fine with   
   me, but it is not a requirement.   
      
        It should catch lots of errors.  C's (generally) ignoring of   
   signed integer overflows is the wrong direction.   
      
        It should not suffer from architecture astronauts.  Java is a   
   culprit here.   
      
        One of the people who will eventually be programming for the   
   system being planned likes Microsoft Access.  Will it do?   
      
      
        So what do you suggest?  What questions am I not asking that I   
   should?   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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