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Automated source code transformations on fourth generation languages

J. MartinJ. Gutenberg

subject

Domain-specific languageComputer scienceProgramming languagebusiness.industryComparison of multi-paradigm programming languagesSecond-generation programming languageOntology languageQuery languagecomputer.software_genreThird-generation programming languageFourth-generation programming languageFifth-generation programming languageSoftware engineeringbusinesscomputer

description

To control the operation of large application suites or to tailor a special purpose application to particular need, developers frequently use application specific languages, such as batch, scripting, and query languages. These languages which are also referred to as fourth generation languages (4GLs) therefore play an important role in today's economy. Incompatibilities between different versions of 4GLs and changing requirements may make massive changes on a company's library of 4GL programs necessary. Here, we explore possibilities for performing mass changes on 4GLs and show how the transformation of programs written in 4GLs compares to the transformation of mainstream programming languages.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2004-06-10Eighth European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, 2004. CSMR 2004. Proceedings.
https://doi.org/10.1109/csmr.2004.1281422