Dearth of Intersystems Code Examples
When I first started my current job I was told that the database was an Intersystems database, I had not heard of this before on researching it I found out a number of things. 1. It was ranked number 63 on DB-Engines most popular databases 2. Cache is not a good name for a piece of software if you want to find information in Google 3. There was a distinct lack of examples and people discussing real code This 3rd issue is perhaps the most important. In programming most of what you want to do has been done by thousands of people before you. Want to parse a CSV file, well if your language does not have a built in function someone will have posted a solution on the internet. Not only will you have a working solution it will probably have been commented on by a number of programmers and improved to a level which would have probably taken you several live iterations to achieve. The code examples in the documentation are basic, out of context and ignore even simple advise on field fil...