Comments on: What is a 5GL? http://www.agilitysoftware.com/2007/02/23/what-is-a-5gl/ Business Led Computing Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:32:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alastair Bathgate http://www.agilitysoftware.com/2007/02/23/what-is-a-5gl/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Alastair Bathgate Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:02:18 +0000 http://www.workforceinabox.com/?p=8#comment-4 I think that someone skipped a generation! The AI based 5GL described on Wikipedia and subject of much expensive academic research is closer to my concept of a 6GL where you think of something and it happens (or the computer works it out for itself). In phase one of rolling out a 6GL I accept that we may have to wear helmets as "thought interpreters". Back to the real world and if a 4GL statement might look like this: EXTRACT ALL CUSTOMERS WHERE "PREVIOUS PURCHASES" TOTAL MORE THAN $1000 (Which still relies on correct syntax), I would argue that a 5GL visualises this making it much easier for a non technical person to write an application. I think that someone skipped a generation! The AI based 5GL described on Wikipedia and subject of much expensive academic research is closer to my concept of a 6GL where you think of something and it happens (or the computer works it out for itself). In phase one of rolling out a 6GL I accept that we may have to wear helmets as “thought interpreters”.
Back to the real world and if a 4GL statement might look like this:
EXTRACT ALL CUSTOMERS WHERE “PREVIOUS PURCHASES” TOTAL MORE THAN $1000
(Which still relies on correct syntax), I would argue that a 5GL visualises this making it much easier for a non technical person to write an application.

]]> By: Anon http://www.agilitysoftware.com/2007/02/23/what-is-a-5gl/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Anon Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:50:28 +0000 http://www.workforceinabox.com/?p=8#comment-3 Someone on wikipedia has already writtern an article discussing what they think a 5GL is, what are your thoughts on this article? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5GL Someone on wikipedia has already writtern an article discussing what they think a 5GL is, what are your thoughts on this article? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5GL

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