>The issue of Wired I just picked up, July, features
> two computer history items:
Finally a reason to check out the magazines my wife has mysteriously been
getting (we've no idea why).
>A Wired-original 2-page history chart of all (about
> 75 total) popular computer languages since 1954.
I've got to question how accurate this is. It lists Algol 68 as "Extinct",
which it defines as "No known active users or up-to-date compilers". There
are at least a few users in the PDP-10 community.
It also lists BCPL as being extinct, yet IIRC it's still being sold by a
company in Europe.
Zane
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Received on Sun Jun 23 2002 - 16:09:08 BST