A special Byte Magazine article published for Byte's 20th anniversary special report

A Computer languages timeline, 1954 to present, printable chart. Includes links to home page for many languages.

A researched article about the history of the C++ programming language, including information provided by Bjarne Stroustrup. Bibiliography and related links.

The history and use of comments in programming languages, from the beginning of programming to the present day.

Two diagrams showing how many languages are related to each other.

Original, historic first documents for many early programming languages, like language manualsa, scanned and converted to PDF form.

The files at this site compare programming language statements in several different languages tracing the statement from early languages to present languages.

Contains a large number of links to historical documents and notes about early Ada.

A short history of early Java from 1991 to 1995.

Brian Youman's paper on Java including some historical notes: "Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise?"

History and use of labels in programming languages, from the beginning of programming to the present day.

The history and use of literals (or constants) in programming languages, from the beginning of programming to the present day.

The history and use of parentheses in programming languages, from the beginning of programming to the present day.

A brief look at the birth, life, and death of the Pascal programming language.

Short concise article on programming language history with some links.

Has many links to important events in programming language history.

This paper by Marat Boshernitsan includes an historical overview of some of the pioneering efforts in the field.

Characteristics, alternatives and history of programming languages for the Web - insight into the context in which each language is used.

An encyclopedia description of PL/I history with many links to programming terms.