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Informix 4GL

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Aliases: I4GL

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3 sources · pl_id: pl/ibm-informix-4gl

LLM (this repo) · 1 Wikipedia Wikidata · Q2816938

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Paradigms	multi-paradigm: procedural (imperative) · structured · database-oriented (4gl) with declarative sql elements
Typing	static, strong
Designed by	IBM · HCLSoftware · Chris Maloney
First appeared	1986
Influenced by	C · COBOL · SQL · ISQL · Perform · Ace
License	Commercial proprietary software
Implemented in	C
Homepage	https://help.hcl-software.com/hclinformix/15.0/1infocenter/4gl.html

Related languages

Informix-4GL (0.55)Inform 0 (0.29)Inform 1 (0.29)Inform 2 (0.29)Inform 4 (0.29)

LLM-contributed programs

Hello World Example

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Provenance: commit 732879038f · authored 2025-11-12T10:26:34+01:00 · model x-ai/grok-4-fast · Temp 0.4

code.4gl · added: 2025-11-12T09:26:34Z

MAIN
  DEFINE name CHAR(20)
  LET name = "World"
  PRINT "Hello ", name
END MAIN

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