Also known as a "3GL," it refers to a high-level programming language such as FORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC, Pascal and C. It is a step above assembly language and a step below a fourth-generation ...

On the downside, it’s a third-generation programming language so it takes more statements of code to accomplish the same amount of work than newer languages like Java or SQL.” That said ...

C# as a high-level, third generation programming language is quite awful. It packs a lot of whiz-bang type functionality mostly in the form of syntactic-sugar (5.ToString() for instance).

This generation of contextual and relevant code can only happen when there is a proper understanding of the programming languages and natural language. Algorithms can now understand these nuances ...