I think our industry really lost something when we abandoned the whole 4GL idea, despite its flaws. Think of all the possibly badly engineered, but really useful apps built with Access, Forms, Powerbuilder, Uniface, etc. What did we replace them with – Java? I don’t think so
Sarah Mei @sarahmei
8 Nov 2017
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Salesbros for sure. But also a _huge_ diversity of folks that might fit under a "developer" umbrella, if we're making it verrrry broad.

Nov 8, 2017 · 4:40 PM UTC

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Who abandoned 4GL? SQL is still there and strong!
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Yes, possibly technically correct, but I don’t consider it to be the same kind of 4GL I was talking about :)
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An (overdue, IMO) renaissance of 4GL-ish ideas seems to be underway on the Web. See airtable, coda.io, fieldbook, fusioo, ragic, and (so I’m told) the very recent version of quip.
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JavaScript. We're replacing them all with JavaScript and Electron
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