#3GL are a popularity contest defined by libraries and built-ins much more than by performance. This is both a positive and negative statement on #abstraction. Well defined abstraction of instruction makes for easier programming while poorly defined abstraction of operation makes for worse performance.
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Can you draw an abstract #model of a solution and get the performance of C? #ShlaerMellor modelers know you can, so why are so many cahsing 3GL pipe dreams? #Ignorance