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A Brief History of Programming Languages
A special Byte Magazine article published for Byte's 20th anniversary special report (infos)Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise?
Brian Youman's paper on Java including some historical notes: "Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise?" (infos)
Computer Languages History
Timeline chart, 1954 to today, printable; links to homes of many languages. (infos)
Diagram of Languages
Two diagrams showing how many languages are related to each other. (infos)
Historic Documents in Computer Science
Original, historic first documents for many early programming languages, like language manualsa, scanned and converted to PDF form. (infos)
Wikipedia: PL/I
An encyclopedia description of PL/I history with many links to programming terms. (infos)
C++ History
A researched article about the history of the C++ programming language, including information provided by Bjarne Stroustrup. Bibiliography and related links. (infos)
The History of Computer Programming Languages
Short concise article on programming language history with some links. (infos)
Java History
Treats early origins, from 1991 to 1995. (infos)
History of Ada
Contains a large number of links to historical documents and notes about early Ada. (infos)