fifth generation language

<language, artificial intelligence>

A myth the Japanese spent a lot of money on. In about 1982, MITI decided it would spend ten years and a lot of money applying artificial intelligence to programming, thus solving the software crisis. The project spent its money and its ten years and in 1992 closed down with a wimper.

Last updated: 1996-11-06

Nearby terms:

Fifth Dimension Technologies ♦ fifth generation language ♦ fifth normal form

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