Thomas J., Jr Bergin, Richard G., Jr Gibson, Peter S. Gordon " History of Programming Languages-II " Addison-Wesley 1996  

Commentaire de " Book News ", June 1, 1996

Proceedings of the April 1993 Second ACM SIGPLAN History of Programming Languages Conference, containing presentations on 13 programming languages that have been in use for at least 10 years, including ALGOL, APL, COBOL, JOVIAL, and SNOBOL, as well as a keynote address on language design and discussion sessions. 

Each chapter includes a transcript of the presentation and the following question and answer session and remarks. This comprehensive overview of programming languages, their history, current application, and future direction, is based on the proceedings of the second conference on the History of Programming Languages. Its contents include a summary of the HOPL conferences, plus sections addressing successful programming languages by some of the most prominent names in computing.