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Students' Guide to Business Computing
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Students' Guide to Business Computing

by Norman Stang, Frank Blewett
May 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
240 pages
10h 49m
English
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Content preview from Students' Guide to Business Computing
Choosing and using
a
programming
language
Why use a 4GL?
The productivity gains to be derived from using a 4GL have already
been mentioned i.e. that programs can be written seven to ten times as
quickly using a 4GL instead of COBOL.
Another advantage of using a fourth generation language is that it
makes it easier and therefore cheaper to train staff to write programs.
The non-procedural elements of
a
4GL tend to be very easy to learn,
and a programmer only needs to learn how to program the procedural
elements. Training courses are hence shorter, and it takes less time to
get thoroughly to grips with the language.
A third advantage is that
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