Which languages are the fourth-generation programming languages?

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Java
Java

A third generation programming language in essence refers to any high-level

language (except for say, database languages such as SQL). Some well-known

examples are:
PHP, ASP, C, C++, Java, JavaScript,

JavaScript
JavaScript

Perl, Python, Pascal, Fortran,

etc.


A fourth generation (programming) language (4GL) is a grouping of programming languages that attempt to get closer than 3GLs to human language, form of thinking and conceptualization.


For example, a typical 4GL command is

FIND ALL RECORDS WHERE NAME IS "SMITH"

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