From: Steven Nguyen <stn8297@tam2000.tamu.edu>
Subject: Re: 4th generation languages
Date: 1996/10/16
Date: 1996-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3265D240.287B@tam2000.tamu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: MPG.ccf5d8ff19436e4989682@news.crosslink.net
Roger Martinez wrote:
>
> I am taking a computer class and my instructor asked me to write a paper
> on "4th generation languages". Is this a common term to refer to a group
> of currently used languages? I am looking for opinions that will help me
> define what this term means. What languages make up the other
> generations?
>
> Replies via email would be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> Roger
A fourth generation language is one that is NOT procedural based. C++,
although it is object oriented, it is not a 4th generation language. An
example of a 4th generation language would be SQL, SmallTalk,etc..
Basically, any programming language that looks like plain English.
steven
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-10-16 0:00 4th generation languages Roger Martinez
1996-10-16 0:00 ` Steven Nguyen [this message]
1996-10-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-22 0:00 ` Ed McGuffey
1996-10-17 0:00 ` Aron Felix Gurski
1996-10-18 0:00 ` Walter William Karas
1996-10-19 0:00 ` Jon A. Lambert
1996-10-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-17 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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