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10 Most(ly dead) Influential Programming Languages
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The Shape of Code ยป Happy 60th birthday: Algol 60
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| | [AI summary] An archival blog post celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Algol 60 programming language, analyzing its historical influence, unique features like call-by-name parameter passing, and legacy compared to COBOL, Fortran, and C, followed by a technical discussion in the comments about compiler bugs and language design philosophy.
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We Don't Talk about Semicolons | Sean Werkema's Blog
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| | [AI summary] This article explores the historical and technical reasons why some programming languages use semicolons to end statements while others do not.
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One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages
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| | 1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry. Redditers of the time are not imp...
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Anjana Vakil: Teacher *to* Computational Linguist *to* Software Engineer, Conference Speaker, and Developer Relations Consultant - Blog - Recurse Center
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| I really liked the fact that RC sounded like a genuine community of learners who were excited, and that there were career placement services - that was part of the reason I decided to go to RC instead of just jumping into the waters or doing an "official" course.