Programming Languages: History and Fundamentals (Automatic Computation)

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. General Introduction -- Functional Characteristics Of Programming Languages -- Technical Characteristics Of Programming Languages -- Languages For Numerical Scientific Problems -- Languages For Business Data Processing Problems -- String And List Processing Languages -- Formal Algebraic Manipulation Languages -- Multipurpose Languages -- Specialized Languages -- Significant Unimplemented Concepts -- Future Long-range Developments -- Bibliography Arrangements And Author List -- Language Summary. [by] Jean E. Sammet. Includes Bibliographies.