The Esperant 3.0 SQL query tool is now available in German, English, French, Spanish, and Japanese versions. The latest release includes additional reporting and batch-scheduling features, as well as an Executive Desktop. According to the company, the new version's performance is significantly higher than that of other versions due to transparent queries. Esperant supports many network APIs, including Entire Access, ODBC, Oracle SQL Net, and Sybase DBLIB.
Price: DM 1000 for a single license; DM 1300 for an administrator license.
Contact: Software AG, Darmstadt, Germany.
Phone: +49 6151 92 4439.
Fax: +49 6151 92 4613.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
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is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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