Table of ContentsWhat Makes a Good Language? The first formal languages The first formal languages Designs of High-level Computer Languages Popularity Attributes of a Good Language Syntax Famous FORTRAN example Hamming code Orthogonality Naturalness for the application Support for abstraction Ease of program verification Programming environment Portability of programs Cost of use Cost of use Language Standardization Language Standardization Standards The FORTRAN 77 string problem Standards Timeliness Conformance Obsolescence Obsolescence |
Author: Dolores Zage
Email: dmz@cs.bsu.edu Home Page: http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/dmz/cs335/ |