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ADAPLEX, Galileo and Taxis are examples of conceptual languages, i.e., programming languages with high-level abstraction mechanisms for database applications. In this chapter the three conceptual languages are described briefly, their design philosophies and programming facilities are compared, and the facilities they provide for modeling complex database applications are discussed.
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Albano, A. (1989). Conceptual Languages: A Comparison of ADAPLEX, Galileo and Taxis. In: Schmidt, J.W., Thanos, C. (eds) Foundations of Knowledge Base Management. Topics in Information Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83397-7_18
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