MARK-IV (Software)
Encyclopedia
MARK-IV is a Fourth-generation programming language
that was created by Informatics, Inc.
in the 1960s. Informatics, Inc.
took advantage of IBM's decision to unbundle their software; MARK-IV was the first "software product to have cumulative sales of $10 million".
MARK-IV (as VISION:BUILDER) is now part of the product suite from Computer Associates. Training is available from 3rd parties.
Fourth-generation programming language
A fourth-generation programming language is a programming language or programming environment designed with a specific purpose in mind, such as the development of commercial business software. In the history of computer science, the 4GL followed the 3GL in an upward trend toward higher...
that was created by Informatics, Inc.
Sterling Software
Sterling Software was an American software company founded in Dallas, Texas in 1981 by Sterling Williams and brothers Sam and Charles Wyly. The company was acquired by Computer Associates International in 2000 in a stock-for-stock transaction worth $3.3 billion.Computer Associates sold Sterling...
in the 1960s. Informatics, Inc.
Sterling Software
Sterling Software was an American software company founded in Dallas, Texas in 1981 by Sterling Williams and brothers Sam and Charles Wyly. The company was acquired by Computer Associates International in 2000 in a stock-for-stock transaction worth $3.3 billion.Computer Associates sold Sterling...
took advantage of IBM's decision to unbundle their software; MARK-IV was the first "software product to have cumulative sales of $10 million".
MARK-IV (as VISION:BUILDER) is now part of the product suite from Computer Associates. Training is available from 3rd parties.
External links
- Proceedings of the Mark IV User Group, 1969-1979
- Example use - 1997
- Conference at the Charles Babbage Institute
- MARK-IV History, hosted at Murdoch.edu.au (some links broken)
- MARK-IV, on the 99 beer list