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- From: sherborn@mail.amsinc.com (Steve Herborn)
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- Subject: Re: 4GL language
- Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 19:56:32 GMT
- Organization: American Management Systems
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- YUEN CHAU <YENCHAU@PL.JARING.MY> wrote:
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- >Can anyone tell me what is 4GL language? Please reply to me through the
- >email yenchau@pl.jaring.my
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- What is a 4GL? Ask the question here get the answer here.
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- Fourth generation language!
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- A higher level language that provides integrated functions for screen
- development, report development, and database access
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- Each 4GL statement can replace many lines of 3GL (C, FORTRAN, COBOL)
- code (let's not argue wether C is or is not 3GL)
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- Traditionally implements a model of control flow
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- Examples are: JAM, PowerBuilder, Oracle Forms..........
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- Steve
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