Some very interesting trends in programming languages (from 1965-present). I didn't realize how pervasive a foothold Ada and Lisp had in the mid-1980s. I always thought of them as niche languages since all my time in that era was hacking on PCs as a kid. It is also interesting to see the various eras of dominance for target platforms (mainframes, PCs, internet, mobile, etc.). #programming #ComputerHistory youtu.be/qQXXI5QFUfw
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@hankg this tracks with my programming experience in the 1980s. BASIC was the easy language to learn on, but the goal was to advance to C where you could write actual software and then learn C++ so you could try out this new Windows thing. I was in my 30s before I met the academic work of the 80s like Ada, SmallTalk, and Lisp/scheme.
@antares I was surprised SmallTalk didn't make an appearance, or if it did it was very very brief.
