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Software maintenance in fourth-generation language environments

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It is often asserted that fourth-generation languages will resolve the problems associated with software development in traditional languages, and in particular the technical and morale problems of software maintenance. The analysis of this paper suggests that fourth-generation languages do not solve all of the present problems of maintenance, and indeed they can introduce problems of their own. The successful user of fourth-generation languages will be the organization that takes appropriate countermeasures.

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AFIPS '84: Proceedings of the July 9-12, 1984, national computer conference and exposition
July 1984
746 pages
ISBN:0882830430
DOI:10.1145/1499310
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  • (1988)ADT: a toolkit for development of database-centered applicationsProceedings. Fourth International Conference on Data Engineering10.1109/ICDE.1988.105458(168-175)Online publication date: 1988

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