> COBOL was like so many 4GLs: COBOL was one of the original 3GLs, and appeared in 1959. The concept of 4GL wasn't even formalised until 20 years later in 1981

> COBOL was like so many 4GLs: COBOL was one of the original 3GLs, and appeared in 1959. The concept of 4GL wasn't even formalised until 20 years later in 1981 [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth-generation_programming_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth-generation_programming_...