1. Programming Languages: History and Future.
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Sammet, Jean E.
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PROGRAMMING languages , *CHRONOLOGY , *COMPUTER programming , *COMPUTER software , *COMPUTER programming management , *ELECTRONIC data processing , *SOFTWARE engineering , *COMPUTER software developers - Abstract
This paper discusses both the history and future of programming languages (= higher level languages). Some of the difficulties in writing such a history are indicated. A key part of the paper is a tree showing the chronological development of languages and their interrelationships, Reasons for the proliferation of languages are given. The major languages are listed with the reasons for their importance. A section on chronology indicates the happenings of the significant previous time periods and the major topics of 1972. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1972
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