Fifth Generation Language

Fifth generation languages are programming languages that contain visual tools to help develop a program. Fifth generation languages are designed to make the computer to solve a given problem without the programmer. This way, the programmer only needs to worry about what problems need to be solved and what conditions need to be met, without worrying about how to implement a routine or algorithm to solve them. Fifth-generation languages are used mainly in artificial intelligence research. Fifth generation programming language or visual programming language is also known as natural language. Fifth generation programming allows people to interact with computers without needing any specialized knowledge. People can talk to computers and the voice recognition system can convert spoken sounds into written words. Prolog and Mercury are the best known fifth generation languages.

 

Merits : 

• Easy to program. Since, the program uses normal sentences, they are easy to understand.
• The programs designed using 5GL will have artificial intelligence(AI).
• The programs would be much more interactive and intertesting.

Demerits:

• It is slower than previous generation language as it should be completely translated into binary code which is a tedious task.
• Highly advanced and expensive electronic devices are required to run programs developed in 5GL. Therefore, it is an expensive approach.