Evolution of the Major Programming Languages

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Evolution of the Major Programming Languages

• Jianhua Yang
• Department of Math and Computer Science
• Bennett College

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General Review

• The IBM 704 and Fortran
• Functional language LISP
• The first step toward sophistication ALGOL 60
• The first business language COBOL
• The first timesharing language BASIC
• Everything for everybody PL/I

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General Review

• Two early dynamic languages
• APL
• SNOBOL
• The beginning of data abstraction SIMULA 67
• Programming based on Logic Prolog
• Largest design effort Ada

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General Review

• First OOD language Smaltalk
• Object-oriented languages C, Java
• Scripting Languages for the Web JavaScript, PHP
• A new language for the new millennium C