Whether you are a firsttime buyer or considering the re >;placement of an existing automated system, you should be aware of the important advantages that a system written in a
fourth-generation language (4GL) can offer over those written in the more familiar third-generation languages (3GL), such as Pascal, C, Cobol, and BASIC.
where he headed the development of the MIMS 4GL, a predecessor of Progress'
fourth-generation language (Progress(R) 4GL).
Programmers with third- or
fourth-generation language experience can become proficient in Visual Basic in two to three weeks, according to a recent survey of Visual Basic users by Microsoft.
To accomplish this, a minicomputer network using a
fourth-generation language and operating environment was purchased from Prime Computer, Inc.
Known for its scalability and performance, PCS Vision is based on Progress, a powerful, high-performance,
fourth-generation language with its own embedded database.
The Vision(TM) system from Precision Computer Systems (PCS) is based on Progress, a powerful, high-performance,
fourth-generation language with its own embedded database.