The previous generation, of the 4GLs, was of ‘natural languages’ such as SQL. They let developers use a language that is sort of similar to a human language to execute programming tasks ...

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

Visual Basic .Net might not be the coolest programming language to know, but it remains popular and has now reached its highest position on the Tiobe index of top programming languages.

Over time, from the development of assembly language through more human-readable languages like C and Python and Java, programming has climbed what computer scientists call increasing levels of ...

While fourth-generation programming languages are designed to build specific programs, fifth-generation languages are designed to make the computer solve a given problem -- without the programmer.