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- Computers: Programming: Languages: Comparison and Review (113)
- Computers: Software: Operating Systems: History (7)
- A Brief History of Programming Languages
A special Byte Magazine article published for Byte's 20th anniversary special report - 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. - O'Reilly: The History of Programming Languages
A poster plots over 50 programming languages on a multi-layered, color-coded timeline. - The Retrocomputing Museum
Dedicated to programs that induce sensations that hover somewhere between nostalgia and nausea. The freaks, jokes, and fossils of computing history. - Visual Programming Languages: A Survey
This paper by Marat Boshernitsan includes an historical overview of some of the pioneering efforts in the field. - Wikipedia: PL/I
An encyclopedia description of PL/I history with many links to programming terms. - The Semicolon Wars
History and critique of disagreements over language design details, citing some specific traits; by Brian Hayes. American Scientist. (July, 2006)
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