Is there a place for 4GLs anymore?

[David Morrison - Corporate]

Another 4GL language is Synon, now called Cool:2E.  For the AS/400 and ?

Bob Deskin referred to RPG as a 4GL, but I think 3GL is more accurate for it.

David Morrison
McBride Electric

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From: 	stewm@canada.com [mailto:stewm@canada.com] 
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Subject:	Is there a place for 4GLs anymore?



Bob D., your definitions of the programming language
generations are right in with what I was tought years
ago in college.  I agree with these definitions.  What
would define a 5GL...anyone know?  Is anything out
there close to a 5GL?  Will there ever be a 5GL?

1GL is machine language
2GL is symbolic machine language such as assembler
3GL is high level procedural such as COBOL, C, C++, Java
4GL a non-procedural (what not how) language that
provides a large reduction in physical code. Most are
dictionary based.

Mark 

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