5th-generation programming language

Solve problems using constraints given to the program, rather than using an algorithm

EntityQ3205914

Also known as fifth-generation programming language · 5GL

Subclass of: programming language

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Programming languages have been classified into several programming language generations. This series of buzzwords was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Historically, this classification was used to indicate increasing power of programming styles. Later writers have somewhat redefined the meanings as distinctions previously seen as important became less significant to current practice.

Overview

All data

5 statements · 40% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Follows: 4th-generation programming language

On other databases

4 identifiers linking 5th-generation programming language across the web's reference databases

Data quality

statements

40%

externally sourced

Source last edited October 2, 2026. AIDb refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q3205914

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDb. (2026). 5th-generation programming language (Q3205914). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/5th-generation-programming-language-Q3205914