See also:

• Computers: Programming: Languages  (15,163)
• Computers: Programming: Languages: Comparison and Review  (112)

A Brief History of Pascal - - Article describes basic developments of Algol, Pascal, Modula-2, Simula, Smalltalk, Cedar, Oberon, Component Pascal, BlackBox Component Builder. By Oberon Microsystems, Inc.

A Brief History of Programming Languages - - A special Byte Magazine article published for Byte's 20th anniversary special repor.

C++ History - - A researched article about the history of the C++ programming language, including information provided by Bjarne Stroustrup. Bibiliography and related links.

Computer History Museum Timeline: Software & Languages - - Many links to important events in programming language history; text, photos, sorted by year.

Computer Languages History - - Timeline chart, 1954 to today, printable; links to homes of many languages.

Diagram of Languages - - Two diagrams showing how many languages are related to each other.

Historic Documents in Computer Science - - Original, historic first documents for many early programming languages, like language manualsa, scanned and converted to PDF form.

History and Comparison of Programming Languages - - Papers on use history of: comments, labels, literals, parentheses.

History and Evolution - - A list of computer languages and some links to compilers for these languages.

History of Ada - - Contains a large number of links to historical documents and notes about early Ada.

The History of Computer Programming Languages - - Short concise article on programming language history with some links.

Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise? - - Brian Youman's paper on Java including some historical notes: "Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise?.

Java History - - Treats early origins, from 1991 to 1995.

O'Reilly: The History of Programming Languages - - A poster plots over 50 programming languages on a multi-layered, color-coded timeline.

Pascal History - - Brief account of birth, life, and death of Pascal language.

Visual Programming Languages: A Survey - - This paper by Marat Boshernitsan includes an historical overview of some of the pioneering efforts in the field.

Web Programming Languages - - Characteristics, alternatives and history of programming languages for the Web - insight into the context in which each language is used.

Wikipedia: PL/I - - An encyclopedia description of PL/I history with many links to programming terms.