Historical Development of Programming Languages
Nicholas A. Damachi, Jagtar S. Chaudhry · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · 1987
This chapter provides an overview of the historical development of programming languages and explains the various software systems for different applications such as operating systems, word processors, electronic spreadsheets, graphics and computer-aided-design and manufacturing. It explains the use of each kind of application and specifies some guidelines and main considerations in selecting a software system. The overview provided is useful to computer users in developing nations to either develop their own software or select software available off-the-shelf. The term off-the-shelf refers to the software that is produced for mass-marketing and provides some standard functions. Word processors and electronic spreadsheets are some examples of these. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.