#4GL
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #4GL from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-07-27 23:03 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-07-27 23:03 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-07-27 23:03 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 9 public posts (spanning ~107578 hours).
Posting hours (UTC)
Languages: English (9)
Avg boosts / post: 1.1
Top of the latest posts
I remember writing business applications in 4GLs back in the 1980s. 4GLs (forth generation languages) were going to change programming, just like LLMs (Large Language Models) are supposed to now. I used Sculptor and Zim and they were great,
Mostly, software development happens in so-called 3rd generation languages (#3GL) which include everything from C to Python. An example of a #4GL is SQL which, undeniably, operates at a higher level of abstraction. There are other "4GL" bra
@jasongorman The coding part of programming is generally the easiest part of the work, and agreeing on the problem to be solved and what good looks like the hardest. I started out programming at the microcode and machine code level. Ever si
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