4th generation language for Chem.

From: Dale Southard <GRX1512.,at,.uoft02.utoledo.edu>
Subject: 4th generation language for Chem.
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1991 10:49 EST

 Doesn't AVS fill a lot of the void for a 4th generation language?  From
 what I have seen of it, most of the basic tools for visualization are
 there, waiting to be hooked on to the computational section of the program.
 For those wanting to develop new computational methods, making a routine
 AVS compatable is easier than making it X11 compatable.
 Of course, the problem that arises is choosing a STANDARD.  AVS seems to
 contain most of the necessary finctionality, but until everyone decides
 to work within AVS (or whatever), there is no standard.  Any 4GL is only
 as good as the tools available within it.  Systems programmers can
 construct nice 4GL's, but it is up to chemists to implement them.
 Dale