From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: 4th generation languages
Date: 1996/10/17
Date: 1996-10-17T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.845590702@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3265D240.287B@tam2000.tamu.edu
Steven said
"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.
"
This is wrong. 4th generation language is a term coined by Jim Martin to
refer to high level non-procedural languages, typified by Focus. Looking
like English has nothing to do with the definition. SQL would not by itself
qualify either I don't think. I certainly don't think that Jim would consider
Smalltalk to qualify, I certainly would not - I will ask him, but the
important thing is that the plain English comment is COMPLETELY wrong.
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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
1996-10-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
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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