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A Brief History of Programming Languages
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A special Byte Magazine article published for Byte's 20th anniversary special report
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Computer Languages History
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Timeline chart, 1954 to today, printable; links to homes of many languages.
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Diagram of Languages
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Two diagrams showing how many languages are related to each other.
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Pascal History
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Brief account of birth, life, and death of Pascal language.
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C++ History
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A researched article about the history of the C++ programming language, including information provided by Bjarne Stroustrup. Bibiliography and related links.
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Historic Documents in Computer Science
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Original, historic first documents for many early programming languages, like language manualsa, scanned and converted to PDF form.
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History and Comparison of Programming Languages
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Papers on use history of: comments, labels, literals, parentheses.
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History and Evolution
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A list of computer languages and some links to compilers for these languages.
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History of Ada
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Contains a large number of links to historical documents and notes about early Ada.
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Java History
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Treats early origins, from 1991 to 1995.
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Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise?
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Brian Youman's paper on Java including some historical notes: "Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise?"
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O'Reilly: The History of Programming Languages
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A poster plots over 50 programming languages on a multi-layered, color-coded timeline.
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The History of Computer Programming Languages
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Short concise article on programming language history with some links.
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The Semicolon Wars
NEW!
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History and critique of disagreements over language design details, citing some specific traits; by Brian Hayes. American Scientist.
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Visual Programming Languages: A Survey
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This paper by Marat Boshernitsan includes an historical overview of some of the pioneering efforts in the field.
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Wikipedia: PL/I
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An encyclopedia description of PL/I history with many links to programming terms.
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