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Alan Perlis once said: "A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing".
Here are some opinions and facts about a selection of programming languages by Dr Mark Utting
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Computer languages are symbolic systems that computers eventually understand. They help your programs serve your needs. Compilers are programs that help to make this "understanding" happen. While the first generation of high-level programming...
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The computer as described above is essentially just a calculator, and a very simple one at that. To be of any significant use in scientific problem solving, the computer must become programmable, in the sense that the sequence of calculations and...
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Project Xanadu was the first hypertext project, founded in 1960 by Ted Nelson. Administrators of Project Xanadu have declared it an improvement over the World Wide Web, with mission statement: "Today's popular software simulates paper. The World...
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Prolog is a general purpose logic programming language associated with artificial intelligence and computational linguistics.
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PROMAL (PROgrammer's Microapplication Language) is a C-like programming language from Systems Management Associates for MS-DOS, Commodore 64, and Apple II. PROMAL featured simple syntax, no line numbers, long variable names, functions and procedures...
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Our goal is to provide innovative security products for computers, smartphones and tablets. We ensure the protection of our clients personal identity and data as well as providing the best tracking and location solutions to recover lost or stolen...
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Formed in 1980 by Dr David Potter, still the chairman of Psion PLC. Psion launched the first Organiser in 1984, and was one of the first PDA manufacturers.
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A punched card, punch card, IBM card, or Hollerith card is a piece of stiff paper that contains digital information represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions. Now an obsolete recording medium, punched cards were widely...
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Pure is a dynamically typed, functional programming language based on term rewriting. It has facilities for user-defined operator syntax, macros, multiple-precision numbers, and compilation to native code through the LLVM. It is the successor to the...
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