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Programming languages: history and fundamentals

A reference for higher level programming languages from the perspective of 1967-1969, covering all major and most minor languages developed in the United States. Outlines the general, technical, and non-technical characteristics of languages, used in a consistent treatment of over 100 languages. · xxx, 785 pages 24 cm · The primary purpose of this book is to serve as a reference for an overall view of higher level languages. The book brings together in one place, and in a consistent fashion, fundamental information on programming languages, including history, general characteristics, similarities, and differences. A second purpose of the book is to provide specific basic information on all the significant, and most of the minor, higher level languages developed in the United States. The third purpose of the book is to provide history and perspective for this particular aspect of the programming field. - Preface · Includes bibliographical references and index · General introduction -- Functional characteristics of programming languages -- Technical characteristics of programming languages -- Languages for numerical scientific problems -- Languages for business data processing proble

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