#4gl — Public Fediverse posts
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Mostly, software development happens in so-called 3rd generation languages (#3GL) which include everything from C to Python. An example of a #4GL is SQL which, undeniably, operates at a higher level of abstraction. There are other "4GL" branded enterprisey languages from the likes of IBM and similar corps that look suspiciously like 3GLs and compile to various 3GLs (mainly Java). There is some relation between the idea of a 4GL and the ideas of a #DSL or #LowCode solution. #VHLL #Programming
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e543 — Rent-a-Anything
e543 with Andy, Michael and Michael - #AgenticAI and the changing nature of work, #agents #RentingHumans, #RealTimeTranslation, artistic #roads, #e-bikes for your feet and a whole lot more. -
e543 — Rent-a-Anything
e543 with Andy, Michael and Michael - #AgenticAI and the changing nature of work, #agents #RentingHumans, #RealTimeTranslation, artistic #roads, #e-bikes for your feet and a whole lot more. -
e543 — Rent-a-Anything
e543 with Andy, Michael and Michael - #AgenticAI and the changing nature of work, #agents #RentingHumans, #RealTimeTranslation, artistic #roads, #e-bikes for your feet and a whole lot more. -
e543 — Rent-a-Anything
e543 with Andy, Michael and Michael - #AgenticAI and the changing nature of work, #agents #RentingHumans, #RealTimeTranslation, artistic #roads, #e-bikes for your feet and a whole lot more. -
@jasongorman The coding part of programming is generally the easiest part of the work, and agreeing on the problem to be solved and what good looks like the hardest.
I started out programming at the microcode and machine code level. Ever since it has just been further and further abstraction. I don't think the next stage will be that different.
I remember the hype around 4GL and the imminent demise of programmers. Didn't happen then and it will not happen this time. Programmers will just evolve and mover higher up the stack again.
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I remember writing business applications in 4GLs back in the 1980s. 4GLs (forth generation languages) were going to change programming, just like LLMs (Large Language Models) are supposed to now.
I used Sculptor and Zim and they were great, but it still took programming and business nous and data modelling to build an application that worked and could be maintained.
Nicely wrapped up here by @eschaton: The “Promise” of “Easier” Programming
