Comments on: The Early History of Programming Languages

By: Scripting Languages and the Web

Scripting Languages and the Web — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:03:04 +0000

[...] The Early History of Programming Languages [...]

By: The ascent of scripting languages

The ascent of scripting languages — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:46:50 +0000

[...] The Early History of Programming Languages [...]

By: An introduction to object oriented languages

An introduction to object oriented languages — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:34:49 +0000

[...] style, or features of programming languages that support that style. Continuing from an earlier post on the history of programming languages, let’s next concentrate on the purpose and history of the languages that support [...]

By: Chip

Chip — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:24:41 +0000

Thank you, Guillaume — for the compliment and for the original idea.

By: Guillaume

Guillaume — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:31:33 +0000

You made a very nice summary. I don’t know for other geeks but personally, I really enjoyed it.

Thanks Chip !

By: LoaiNajat

LoaiNajat — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:08:23 +0000

Good article, really good one

By: Chip

Chip — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:44:32 +0000

Yes, I plan to explore object-orientation in my next post.

By: links for 2008-03-12 -- Chip’s Quips

links for 2008-03-12 -- Chip’s Quips — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:27:05 +0000

[...] Geek Support: The Early History of Programming Languages A lightning tour of generations one through four (tags: programming languages history) [...]

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:37:27 +0000

And because we’re all geeks here, the 0th generation was punch cards. Before the cables were there, the Analytical Engine used punch cards.

Programming paradigms next, maybe?