Munich-based Ebusoft GmbH has developed a fourth generation applications development environment that generates C source code. The new Ebus-Generator-C is claimed to generate immediately compilable C source, Computerwoche reports, making use of macro technology: through the generator, small parts of the program are embedded as macros, which are stored in a library independent from the program. The system is being touted as a machine-independent generator, and applications written for any of the machines supported are claimed to run on all the others: the company implies that these include the generality of Unix and Xenix systems, including Siemens’ Sinix variant, the Targon range from Nixdorf Computer AG, and Bull SA’s DPX2000 machines. No prices were given.
