4th Dimension (software)
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4D (4th Dimension, or Silver Surfer, as it was known during early development) is a relational database management system and integrated development environment developed by Laurent Ribardière.[3] 4D was created in 1984[4] and had a slightly delayed public release for Macintosh in 1987[5][6][7] with its own programming language.[1]
Designed by | Laurent Ribardière |
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Developer | 4D SAS |
First appeared | 1984; 40 years ago (1984) (dev) 1987; 37 years ago (1987) (official)[1] |
Stable release | v18 R5
/ 19 January 2021; 3 years ago (2021-01-19) |
Preview release | v18 R6 Beta
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Implementation language | C, C++ |
Platform | Cross-Platform |
OS | Windows, macOS |
License | Proprietary |
Filename extensions | 4DB, 4DC |
File formats | Interpreted, Compiled |
Website | us |
Original author(s) | Laurent Ribardière |
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Developer(s) | 4D SAS |
Initial release | 1984; 40 years ago (1984) (ss) 1987; 37 years ago (1987) (v1) |
Stable release | |
Preview release | v18 R6 Beta
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Written in | C++, C |
Operating system | Windows, Mac OS |
Type | RAD RDBMS IDE Language GUI Designer Web Server |
License | Proprietary |
Website | us |
Original author(s) | Laurent Ribardière |
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Developer(s) | 4D SAS |
Initial release | 1993; 31 years ago (1993) (v1) |
Stable release | |
Preview release | v18 R6 Beta
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Written in | C++, C |
Operating system | Windows, Mac OS |
Type | RDBMS Web Server Application Server SQL Server Database Server Language |
License | Proprietary |
Website | us |
The 4D product line has since expanded to an SQL back-end, integrated compiler, integration of PHP, and several productivity plug-ins and interfaces. Some of the plug-ins created by 4D include 4D Write (a word processor), 4D View (somewhat like a spreadsheet, but with extra functionality) and 4D Internet Commands (which allowed for the addition of Internet-related functionality to a database). There are also over 100 third-party plugins, free and commercial.
4D can also be used as a web server, to run compiled database applications.
Today, 4D is published by the French company 4D SAS and has a sales, distribution and support presence in most major markets, with the United States, the United Kingdom, and France being the primary markets. The product is localized in more than a dozen languages.