Accent R (the "R" is for Relational: Relational database, Relational model), is a fourth-generation programming language that was first installed in 1980."In 1980, ... NIS began installing Accent R" Initially available for Digital Equipment Corporation's DECsystem-10 and DECSYSTEM-20, a VAX version was released and installed January 1982.
It was developed by National Information Systems, Inc (NIS), and contains a compiled structured programming language that can replace 3GL coding. Accent R goes beyond use of RMS: Oracle and Sybase are among the database systems supported.
Accent R is also supported on Linux.
About National Information Systems, Inc (NIS) National Information Systems, initially a Silicon Valley company, was founded in 1972 as a software company focused on providing tools for software developers. Their DPL (Data Processing Language), written for the DECsystem-10 and DECSYSTEM-20, competed with Software House's System 1022. Both were used in the financial services industry, where some companies used both.
By 1988 NIS worked out and announced a cooperative marketing agreement with Sybase.
The company's headquarters are now in Reno, Nevada.
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External links National Information Systems (NIS) Home Page