History/trends in programming lang

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3 total messages Started by Jerry Beaulieu Fri, 10 Nov 1995 18:17

Author: Jerry Beaulieu
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 18:17

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I am looking for referance material on the history and trends in 
programming languages for a school research project.  Basicly I 
am interested in the development of "C" and "C++" type languages 
from Algol and earlier languages and then a review of the trends 
in new language techniques.  

From what I've seen, Programming languages are trying to move in 
the direction of standard applications; easier interface, 
increased functionallity, and greater usability.  In fact, some 
of the corporate propaganda would have one believe that any 
"corporate manager" can use a language to program any number of 
useful applications.

Have programming languages developed to the point that 
"non-professionals" can begin to write useful code?  If not, is 
this functionality on the horrizon?  

Any comments or useful referances would be greatly appreciated.  
you may respond here or to GBEAULIE @ NOVA.UMUC.EDU.  Thanks in 
advance.

Re: History/trends in programming lang

Author: Dan Stubbs
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 21:56

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In article <480507$l65$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com>,
Jerry Beaulieu  <102721.1564@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>I am looking for referance material on the history and trends in 
>programming languages for a school research project.  Basicly I 
>am interested in the development of "C" and "C++" type languages 
>from Algol and earlier languages and then a review of the trends 
>in new language techniques.  
>
   [snip]
>
>Any comments or useful referances would be greatly appreciated.  
>you may respond here or to GBEAULIE @ NOVA.UMUC.EDU.  Thanks in 
>advance.  

As you know there are a lot of textbooks, and several journals devoted
to programming languages. A recent book with an historical perspective
on computer science (including a lot of material on programming languages)
is:

   Shasha and Lazere, "Out of their minds, The Lives and Discoveries
      of 15 Great Computer Scientists, Copernicus (Springer-Verlag), 1995.

Re: History/trends in programming lang

Author: Thomas P Diffenbach
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 09:27

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You might read the quite readbale "Design and Evolution of C++" by 
Stroustrup.

--Tom

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