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The History of Programming Languages

Posted by michael on from the in-the-beginning-was-the-command-line dept.

Dozix007 writes "For 50 years, computer programmers have been writing code. New technologies continue to emerge, develop, and mature at a rapid pace. Now there are more than 2,500 documented programming languages and O'Reilly has produced a poster called History of Programming Languages, which plots over 50 programming languages on a multi-layered, color-coded timeline."

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  1. Link is a 39x17 PDF by The+Angry+Mick · · Score: 5, Informative

    You may want to "right-click, Save As" that puppy . . .

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  2. Re:Great! by Jaywalk · · Score: 5, Informative
    Now I need to go buy a 40" monitor to view the whole thing at once...
    Or you could buy two of their books from oreilly.com and get the poster for free by using discount code OPC79 in the shopping cart.

    Unless you need an excuse to buy a 40" monitor, in which case, just forget I said anything.

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  3. Re:SmallTalk by One+Louder · · Score: 5, Informative
    The original Smalltalk-80 has a direct descendent in Squeak. The original Smalltalk guys, including Alan Kay and Dan Ingalls, still work on it.

    It's quite impressive how it has evolved, and is still one of the most entertaining software environments around.

  4. Re:Great! by stanmann · · Score: 5, Informative
    And of course in a very small way they are correct, since that is an abridged version of the statement
    develop the first commercial programming language for a personal microcomputer.
    Which is a true statement.
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