Context: Numerous factors drive long term progress in programming practices. Goal: We study the evolution of C programming in the Unix operating system. Method: We extract, aggregate, and synthesize ...

The Evolution of Computer Languages Over 136 Years. From Autocode to Swift, we’ve seen hundreds of computer languages emerge in the past 75 years. ... and future of computer programming languages.

Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull. However, while Java, which turned 30 on May 23, may not be the most ...