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- From: dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz)
- Subject: Re: What constitutes a 4GL?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.120558.29426@access.digex.com>
- Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
- References: <1992Aug31.045102.25682@cc.uow.edu.au> <blzeo58@Unify.Com> <1992Sep2.025045.9663@cc.uow.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 12:05:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep2.025045.9663@cc.uow.edu.au
- >
- >I read somewhere, that the productivity of programmers has only increased by
- >a few per cent since the beginning of computing - if this is true (and I am
- >*not* necessarily saying that it is), then it just about throws out the above
- >theory.
- >
-
- The explanation that I have heard is that programmers will tend to produce
- the same number of lines of code per day. With higher order languages,
- a line of code does more. Therefore, programmers in a higher order language
- are more productive not in terms of lines of code per day, but in terms
- of functionality produced.
-
- This doesn't explain differences between machine language and
- assembler productivity, but would explain 2GL vs 3GL vs 4GL
- productivity.
-
- Joe Dzikiewicz
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