MARK IV (software)

: "This article is about 4GL software. For other meanings, see MARK-IV (disambiguation)."

MARK-IV is a Fourth-generation programming language that was created by Informatics, Inc. in the 1960s [ [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/wrapper.jsp?arnumber=646208 The start - 1960] ] . 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" [ [http://www.softwarehistory.org/history/informatics.html First mega-buck 4GL] ] .

MARK-IV (as VISION:BUILDER) [ [http://www.ca.com/products/vision_builder_pd.htm VISION:BUILDER] ] is now part of the product suite from Computer Associates. Training is available from 3rd parties. [ [http://www.kasshku.com Kasshku] [http://www.kasshku.com/Services/CorporateTraining/CorpTrgClientsMARKIV.html MARK-IV(VISION:BUILDER)] ]

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* [http://www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/inv/cbi00130.html Proceedings of the Mark IV User Group, 1969-1979]
* [http://www-acs.rutgers.edu/PSF/46-0300-0.htm Example use - 1997]
* [http://www.cbi.umn.edu/news/conference.html Conference at the Charles Babbage Institute]
* [http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/showlanguage2.prx?exp=3117 MARK-IV History] , hosted at Murdoch.edu.au (some links broken)
* [http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-mark-iv-377.html MARK-IV, on the 99 beer list]