<s>
EGL	B-Language
(	O
Enterprise	B-Language
Generation	I-Language
Language	I-Language
)	O
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
IBM	O
and	O
now	O
available	O
as	O
the	O
EDT	O
(	O
EGL	B-Language
Development	O
Tools	O
)	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
project	O
under	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
EPL	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
programming	O
technology	O
designed	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
challenges	O
of	O
modern	O
,	O
multi-platform	O
application	O
development	O
by	O
providing	O
a	O
common	O
language	O
and	O
programming	O
model	O
across	O
languages	O
,	O
frameworks	O
,	O
and	O
runtime	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
borrows	O
concepts	O
familiar	O
to	O
anyone	O
using	O
statically	O
typed	O
languages	O
like	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
COBOL	B-Application
,	O
C	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
borrows	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
stereotype	B-Language
from	O
Unified	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
UML	B-Language
)	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
typically	O
found	O
in	O
statically	O
typed	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
nutshell	O
,	O
EGL	B-Language
is	O
a	O
higher-level	O
,	O
universal	O
application	O
development	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EGL	B-Language
is	O
similar	O
in	O
syntax	O
to	O
other	O
common	O
languages	O
so	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
learned	O
by	O
application	O
developers	O
with	O
similar	O
previous	O
programming	O
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EGL	B-Language
application	O
development	O
abstractions	O
shield	O
programmers	O
from	O
the	O
technical	O
interfaces	O
of	O
systems	O
and	O
middleware	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
building	O
business	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EGL	B-Language
applications	O
and	O
services	O
are	O
written	O
,	O
tested	O
and	O
debugged	O
at	O
the	O
EGL	B-Language
source	O
level	O
,	O
and	O
once	O
they	O
are	O
satisfactorily	O
functionally	O
tested	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
compiled	O
into	O
COBOL	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
or	O
JavaScript	B-Language
code	O
to	O
support	O
deployment	O
of	O
business	O
applications	O
that	O
can	O
run	O
in	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
environments	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
EGL	B-Language
Program	O
part	O
is	O
a	O
generatable	O
logic	O
part	O
with	O
one	O
entry	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Program	O
functions	O
are	O
composed	O
of	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
EGL	B-Language
statements	O
,	O
variables	O
,	O
and	O
constants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
EGL	B-Language
Record	O
part	O
defines	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
data	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EGL	B-Language
has	O
a	O
specialized	O
type	O
of	O
record	O
called	O
SQLRecord	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
exchange	O
data	O
with	O
a	O
relational	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
EGL	B-Language
Service	O
part	O
contains	O
public	O
functions	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
other	O
applications	O
or	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
parts	O
are	O
generated	O
into	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
IBM	O
introduced	O
new	O
technology	O
,	O
EGL	B-Language
Rich	O
UI	O
,	O
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Web	O
2.0-style	O
rich	B-Application
web	I-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
technology	O
simplifies	O
development	O
by	O
hiding	O
the	O
complexities	O
of	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
REST	O
,	O
and	O
SOAP	B-Application
from	O
the	O
developer	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
them	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
business	O
requirement	O
and	O
not	O
on	O
the	O
underlying	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EGL	B-Language
programming	O
tools	O
are	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
Eclipse-based	O
commercial	O
product	O
,	O
the	O
Rational	O
Business	O
Developer	O
and	O
also	O
in	O
the	O
EGL	B-Language
edition	O
of	O
Rational	O
Developer	O
for	O
System	B-Device
z	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
EGL	B-Language
is	O
a	O
target	O
language	O
for	O
modernization	O
of	O
legacy	O
applications	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
semantics	O
affinity	O
with	O
procedural	O
languages	O
and	O
legacy	O
4th	B-Language
generation	I-Language
languages	I-Language
:	O
</s>
