Was also the time of 4GL and how everything could be reduced to a form based language front-end to a database https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth-generation_pr

Was also the time of 4GL and how everything could be reduced to a form based language front-end to a database https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth-generation_programming_language#Database_query_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth-generation_programming_... and other wondrous promises of overselling dreams and delivering something that many have now forgotten ever existed. Let's be fair, C is still alive and kicking despite the promises of that 4GL era.