A visual timeline of programming languages

daveloyall wrote: post #2

Uh, that's a timeline. How could the author use the words 'visual history' in the title without at all attempting to display the lineage of languages? I expected a picture of a tree, or web--not a line.

I just wanted some sense of the continuing extent of each language indicated, (that is, the labels should have variable widths). Admittedly it's difficult, and controversial, to conclude "when Pascal ceased to be important" but I'd still find it informative, even if only subjective.

Re: A visual timeline of programming languages

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Post by maze-le » Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 3:52 PM UTC

I especially like the image for Forth... Although a few code-samples would have ben nice here and there.

Re: A visual timeline of programming languages

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Post by joesmo » Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 3:54 PM UTC

panglott wrote: post #6

Scheme is the first Lisp?

They definitely missed Lisp.

Re: A visual timeline of programming languages

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Post by kleer001 » Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 3:57 PM UTC

theophrastus wrote: post #7

daveloyall wrote: post #2

Uh, that's a timeline. How could the author use the words 'visual history' in the title without at all attempting to display the lineage of languages? I expected a picture of a tree, or web--not a line.

I just wanted some sense of the continuing extent of each language indicated, (that is, the labels should have variable widths). Admittedly it's difficult, and controversial, to conclude "when Pascal ceased to be important" but I'd still find it informative, even if only subjective.

Maybe a look at published new books and reprints on the subject of that language? It would certainly be a different texture than some kind of impossible study of how important a language is, but better than a straight timeline.