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
Replying to @sarahmei
Salesbros for sure. But also a _huge_ diversity of folks that might fit under a "developer" umbrella, if we're making it verrrry broad.
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Who abandoned 4GL? SQL is still there and strong!
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Replying to @lukaseder
Yes, possibly technically correct, but I don’t consider it to be the same kind of 4GL I was talking about :)

Nov 8, 2017 · 7:53 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @lukaseder
You clearly said Forms. Looking back at the DOAG conferences from 2003 till ~2008, I understand their struggle to keep it alive… :)
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Would it be too much to ask for a web-native Forms variant that doesn’t suck?
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