History of Programming Languages presents information pertinent to the technical aspects of the language design and creation. This book provides an understandin

Monograph comprising fundamental information on the history and characteristics of approximately 120 programming languages for computer usage - covers technical

Beside the computers itself, programming languages are the most important tools of a computer scientist, because they allow the formulation of algorithms in a w

The design and implementation of programming languages, from Fortran and Cobol to Caml and Java, has been one of the key developments in the management of ever

This lively and fascinating text traces the key developments in computation – from 3000 B.C. to the present day – in an easy-to-follow and concise manner. T