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| 248.1 | Could you be more specific as to your purpose ? | MSDSWS::SECRIST | My brain hurts ! | Tue Aug 22 1989 16:49 | 11 |
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There is an excellent book circa 1968 called "Programming Languages,"
I forget the author(s) but it is an excellent summary of langauges,
their origin, and development through that time.
You do realize that there are hundreds and perhaps thousands of
computer languages, don't you ? Could you be a bit more focused ?
Do you mean just the more commonly used in recent history ?
rcs
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| 248.2 | | ULTRA::WRAY | John Wray, Secure Systems Development | Tue Aug 22 1989 18:06 | 10 |
| Another (or maybe the same) book is "A Comparative Study of Programming
Languages" by Bryan Higman, ISBN 0 354 04068 5. The copy I have was
published in 1977, but I'm sure it's been updated since.
The major languages are discussed, as well as some interesting minor
ones - Anyone out there used L-SIX in which all programs contain bugs?
("Bug" is a language-concept, and has nothing to do with programming
errors).
John
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| 248.3 | It's been a long time | GIDDAY::GILLINGS | It's a girl! | Tue Aug 22 1989 19:55 | 2 |
| I think the book in .1 is by Mark Elphick (or similar sounding name).
John Gillings, Sydney CSC
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| 248.4 | Sammet in CACM | SMURF::REEVES | Jon Reeves, ULTRIX compiler group | Wed Aug 23 1989 11:17 | 3 |
| Jean Sammet used to do lists in the Communications of the ACM; the last
I saw was in the mid-to-late '70's, but then again, that's when I
stopped reading CACM so there may be something newer.
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| 248.5 | Sammet Details | MSDSWS::SECRIST | Computer Anachronologist. | Thu Aug 24 1989 12:00 | 24 |
| Re: .1, .4
Jean E. Sammet, the ACM person mentioned in '.4, was the author
of the book I mentioned in '.1. The book is: "Programming
Languages: History and Fundamentals," 1969, Prentice-Hall, Inc.,
Englewood Clifs, NJ.
The inside cover has the "tower of BABEL" representing a large
set of programming languages from the "Communications of the ACM."
Sammet was the programming language technology manager for the
IB* Federal Systems Division, and did an excellent job in the
book. According to the preface, the general text and bibliography
cover the period through 1967, and describes 120 languages.
To the author of '.0: Appendix B of this book is like a dozen pages
and is simply an outline of the language's name, what it's
acronym stands for, and a single sentence about the purpose of
the language. Drop me mail if you're interested in a copy of
this appendix.
rcs
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| 248.6 | Thanks a lot. | COMET::NEJAD | C�o�l�o�r�a�d�oS�p�r�i�n�g�s� | Thu Aug 24 1989 18:22 | 6 |
| Thanks a lot for your help.
___Mo.
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