{"title":"Application of a fourth-generation environment","authors":"Howard Exton-Smith","doi":"10.1016/0011-684X(86)90317-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fourth-generation languages do not fulfil all requirements. Fourth-generation environments are now being used, which make software development easier. Bottlenecks now occur at implementation and the training stage. ‘Creeping functionality’ is a new problem, as users realise how easy amendments can be.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100352,"journal":{"name":"Data Processing","volume":"28 9","pages":"Pages 482-484"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1986-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0011-684X(86)90317-5","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Data Processing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0011684X86903175","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Fourth-generation languages do not fulfil all requirements. Fourth-generation environments are now being used, which make software development easier. Bottlenecks now occur at implementation and the training stage. ‘Creeping functionality’ is a new problem, as users realise how easy amendments can be.