<s>
MARK	B-Language
IV	I-Language
is	O
a	O
fourth-generation	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
that	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Informatics	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
the	O
1960s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Informatics	O
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
IBM	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
unbundle	O
their	O
software	O
;	O
MARK	B-Language
IV	I-Language
was	O
the	O
first	O
"	O
software	O
product	O
to	O
have	O
cumulative	O
sales	O
of	O
$10	O
million	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MARK	B-Language
IV	I-Language
was	O
developed	O
for	O
IBM	O
Systems	O
(	O
360	O
and	O
370	O
)	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
RCA	B-Device
Spectra	I-Device
70	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
benefit	O
was	O
allowing	O
faster	O
application	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
order	O
of	O
6	O
to	O
10	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
doing	O
a	O
system	O
using	O
a	O
3GL	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
COBOL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MARK	B-Language
IV	I-Language
,	O
being	O
an	O
early	O
4GL	B-Language
,	O
allowed	O
user	O
development	O
of	O
systems	O
related	O
to	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
conservatively	O
estimate	O
that	O
the	O
benefits	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
MARK	B-Language
IV	I-Language
System	O
have	O
completely	O
returned	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
our	O
investment	O
in	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
less	O
than	O
3	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MARK	B-Language
IV	I-Language
runs	O
...	O
handle	O
Accounts	O
Receivable	O
,	O
Inventory	O
,	O
Sales	O
Analyses	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MARK	B-Language
IV	I-Language
went	O
to	O
Sterling	O
Software	O
in	O
1985	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
that	O
company	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Informatics	O
General	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
CA	O
VISION:BUILDER	B-Language
,	O
it	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
suite	O
from	O
Computer	O
Associates	O
once	O
that	O
company	O
acquired	O
Sterling	O
Software	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Computer	O
Associates	O
by	O
Broadcom	O
Inc	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
CA	O
VISION:BUILDER	B-Language
was	O
listed	O
as	O
a	O
legacy	O
product	O
by	O
the	O
new	O
owner	O
.	O
</s>
