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Focuses on the outlook for a universal programming language. Background on the evolution of modern programming languages such as Java, C[sup]#, and Structured Query Language (SQL); Trend in the shift to 'object-oriented programming'; Importance of the change in definition of what a programming lang...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Economist Vol. 360; no. 8240; pp. 12 - 16
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 9/22/2001
Subjects:	Universal language Computer programming Programming languages Electronic data processing
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	Focuses on the outlook for a universal programming language. Background on the evolution of modern programming languages such as Java, C[sup]#, and Structured Query Language (SQL); Trend in the shift to 'object-oriented programming'; Importance of the change in definition of what a programming language actually is; Discussion of the architecture of a program with imperative languages, degree of abstraction, and unified modelling language (UML).