From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2011-08-02T08:15:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby a "4th generation language"? Credible sources?

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On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 05:47:35AM +0900, Mike Stephens wrote:
> Chad Perrin wrote in post #1014196:
> >
> > That's a very strange way to distinguish between a so-called 3GL and
> > a so-called 4GL, and seems to disagree with every other means of
> > differentiating between them that I've ever encountered.
>
> Well I agree. So what's your theory? Why did someone see Java as a 3GL
> yet Ruby as a 4GL?

Good question.  Probably some kind of anti-"scripting" language bigotry,
I guess.  I didn't say that's necessarily not how the guy decided to
differentiate between third and fourt generation languages.  I just think
that the fact it's an interpreted language makes for some ridiculous
criteria, in and of itself.

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