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class=421493321-10022007><FONT color=#000000>Jean's original book was
quite useful</FONT></SPAN></A> <SPAN class=421493321-10022007>when I
wrote this:</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421493321-10022007> "Language wars seem
to go on forever. Classic references on early languages are Jean Sammet’s
<EM>Programming Languages—History and Fundamentals</EM>,<SUP>2</SUP> which
discussed approximately 120 important languages as of 1969, and Richard
Wexelblat’s <EM>History of Progarmming Languages</EM>,<SUP>3</SUP> which
recorded a conference that chose 10 important languages created before 1967 and
still in use in 1977. Of the 10, substantial new code is still written by many
people in Basic, Cobol, and Fortran. Others remain popular in their specific
domains (Lisp, APT, and occasionally Snobol), and some long-established IBM
languages (PL/I, GPSS) remain. Most of the 120 are gone."</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B>
scc_active-bounces@computerhistory.org
[mailto:scc_active-bounces@computerhistory.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>GHendrie@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 10, 2007 9:48
AM<BR><B>To:</B> aek@bitsavers.org; hgladney@pacbell.net<BR><B>Cc:</B>
SCC_active@computerhistory.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SCC_Active_Members] pgm
langs for 1973<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/9/2007 5:12:52 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
aek@bitsavers.org writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial>H.M. Gladney wrote:<BR>>
Jean Sammett seems to have made a hobby of the history of programming
<BR>> languages<BR><BR>She wrote one of the first books on the history of
programming languages<BR><BR>"Programming Languages: History and
Fundamentals", 1969<BR><BR>The front piece is the classic "tower of babel"
language drawing.<BR><BR>She was also one of the main drivers behind the
first HOPL<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>She was also on the Board of Trustees of the Computer Museum in Boston
(our antecedent) for many years and curated an exhibit on the History of
Programming Languages at the Museum in the mid '80's.</DIV>
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<DIV>gardner</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>