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PL/SQL is a *procedural* language which borrows most of its syntax from Ada (and similar languages like Pascal and Modula-2). Wikipedia itself says so [1].
I propose we remove PL/SQL from this list.
Colin 't Hart ( talk) 15:00, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
References
Rewrite the initial section and provide better examples
I would like to rewrite the initial section to be more accurate. Although some 4GLs did not meet expectations, others greatly surpassed 4GL objectives. The one example cited states an 8 fold performance improvement. Our projects achieved a consistent 10 fold performance improvement.
In addition, large scale high expose applications were build in 4GL languages. To my knowledge, the world's first all 4GL (no COBOL or any other language) large-scale application was developed in 1986 (An application all of you know and have used) and revolutionized application development. Variations of that same team went on to develop other highly successful applications which would rival virtually any application since in terms of development timeframes, robustness of the application, and ease of operations.
For reasons I have never understood, 4GLs have received little recognition despite being one of the greatest technology gains in the past 40 years.
Tonyboston ( talk) 18:49, 22 January 2014 (UTC) AJ
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
PL/SQL is a *procedural* language which borrows most of its syntax from Ada (and similar languages like Pascal and Modula-2). Wikipedia itself says so [1].
I propose we remove PL/SQL from this list.
Colin 't Hart ( talk) 15:00, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
References
Rewrite the initial section and provide better examples
I would like to rewrite the initial section to be more accurate. Although some 4GLs did not meet expectations, others greatly surpassed 4GL objectives. The one example cited states an 8 fold performance improvement. Our projects achieved a consistent 10 fold performance improvement.
In addition, large scale high expose applications were build in 4GL languages. To my knowledge, the world's first all 4GL (no COBOL or any other language) large-scale application was developed in 1986 (An application all of you know and have used) and revolutionized application development. Variations of that same team went on to develop other highly successful applications which would rival virtually any application since in terms of development timeframes, robustness of the application, and ease of operations.
For reasons I have never understood, 4GLs have received little recognition despite being one of the greatest technology gains in the past 40 years.
Tonyboston ( talk) 18:49, 22 January 2014 (UTC) AJ