On 17 Oct 00, at 22:07, Bernie wrote:
> Budd wrote:
> >1. Assembly was the only way to program originally.
> >Then, FORTRAN and COBOL were first generation languages.
> >Later, ADA and C (and many others) were second generation.
> >Now, JAVA and others (C++, SmalllTalk etc. are third
> > generation languages.
>
> Originally you would change the bits by hand (switches, punch cards). When
> ASM came it was a huge improvment (it's easier to remember "MOV ax,0" than
> "1000 1110 1111 0001" (or something like that).
Didn't FORTRAN follow the punch card system also in the
beginning? Even though it is considered higher language.
> C is often considered a generation 1.5 language (making it closer to ASM -
> but not the same thing as ASM). That some of the code in Arachne seems like
> it's ported from ASM to C is another thing entirely ;-)
Hum... I never thought about C being "that close" to ASM...
> And to finish it all off, an example of a generation 4 language is SQL.
I have not learned much about SQL yet... working on this area..
Isn't SQL limited to queries and database manipulation?
Budd <>< [EMAIL PROTECTED]
