College IT project help required

[Jim Brown]

Hi Gang,

My nextdoor neighbour is in his 1st year at Tech doing some IT diploma or somesuch. He's working on a term paper and has found most of the dope he needs, but he's missing 2 things and he's been unable to find this on the net or in his textbooks etc. So can anyone find a link to provide a few paragraphs on the history of:

a) the palmtop
b) 5GLs.

Muchas Gracias,

and btw isn't the Aussie ODI team in form, or what?

[Jethro]

Steady on there Sailor, *** is a 5GL. Haven't run across the term...

[Jim Brown]

Originally posted by Jethro
Steady on there Sailor, *** is a 5GL. Haven't run across the term...

It's a 5th Generation Language, which I gather is like a 4GL on steroids, having an in-built expert system to write the code when you pose the question. Something like that, anyway.

[axion_sa]

from what i can remember from college, a 5GL is a programming language that is very close to an actual language. something like programming in structured english type thing.
VB is a 4GL, while assembly and the like are 2 or 3 GL's.

[Jethro]

AI sort of thing then....when are MS releasing one, and how long till SP2 hits the stores.......


Psst the Aussies will get even more awesome when Warwick Todd makes his long awaited return to the crease

[axion_sa]

Originally posted by Jethro
AI sort of thing then....when are MS releasing one, and how long till SP2 hits the stores.......

couldn't have put it better