A Brief History of Pascal
Article describes basic developments of Algol, Pascal, Modula-2, Simula, Smalltalk, Cedar, Oberon, Component Pascal, BlackBox Component Builder. By Oberon Microsystems, Inc. |
A Brief History of Programming Languages
A special Byte Magazine article published for Byte's 20th anniversary special report |
C++ History
A researched article about the history of the C++ programming language, including information provided by Bjarne Stroustrup. Bibiliography and related links. |
Computer History Museum Timeline: Software & Languages
Many links to important events in programming language history; text, photos, sorted by year. |
Computer Languages History
Timeline chart, 1954 to today, printable; links to homes of many languages. |
Diagram of Languages
Two diagrams showing how many languages are related to each other. |
Historic Documents in Computer Science
Original, historic first documents for many early programming languages, like language manualsa, scanned and converted to PDF form. |
History and Comparison of Programming Languages
Papers on use history of: comments, labels, literals, parentheses. |
History and Evolution
A list of computer languages and some links to compilers for these languages. |
History of Ada
Contains a large number of links to historical documents and notes about early Ada. |
Java History
Treats early origins, from 1991 to 1995. |
Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise?
Brian Youman's paper on Java including some historical notes: "Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise?" |
O'Reilly: The History of Programming Languages
A poster plots over 50 programming languages on a multi-layered, color-coded timeline. |
Pascal History
Brief account of birth, life, and death of Pascal language. |
The History of Computer Programming Languages
Short concise article on programming language history with some links. |
Visual Programming Languages: A Survey
This paper by Marat Boshernitsan includes an historical overview of some of the pioneering efforts in the field. |
Web Programming Languages
Characteristics, alternatives and history of programming languages for the Web - insight into the context in which each language is used. |
Wikipedia: PL/I
An encyclopedia description of PL/I history with many links to programming terms. |
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