My sentiments exactly, it was produced in the same time frame as the Gang Of
Four's elegant Design Patterns but might as well have been developed on a
different planet; it was an amazing architectural choice given the needs of
users and the notorious slowness of powerscript execution; and it's a
nightmare for N-tier & distributed apps.
Peter Brawley
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Bruce Nordstrand wrote:
> Hi All
>
> This is dangerous as George Haines' mail will send out a zillion
> messages (PBPFC) but here goes....
>
> Does anyone have any comments/can throw any light on the reasoning
> behind the PFC architecture. I find it strange (and annoying) that the
> main pfc libraries refer to objects in the pfe libraries, thereby
> forcing the use to the extension layer. What really irks me is that
> PS/Sybase themselves don't use this architecture! - just look at some of
> the utilities they supply (APU etc). They have a pfc layer equivilent
> to the pfe layer and an app layer.
>
> I thought class librarie/frameworks were supposed to be layered in such
> a way that you could stick bits inbetween or leave out all together if
> you wanted too without having to resort to Extender Utilities.
>
> I'll be interested in any comments you have
>
> Regards
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