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- From: dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker)
- Subject: Re: Generations of Programming Languages
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.181237.14625@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>
- Organization: Camosun College, Victoria B.C, Canada
- References: <01010064.idsgid@titipu.resun.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:12:37 GMT
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- In article <01010064.idsgid@titipu.resun.com> ed@titipu.resun.com (Edward Reid) writes:
- >hmiller@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Harry Miller) writes:
- >> The evelolution of programming languages is broken down into generations.
- >> What is the latest generation and what does it correspond to? Well, while
- >> I'm at it what programming languages do the generations refer to?
- >
- >First generation: machine language.
- >Second generation: assemblers.
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- Second and a half generation: C
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- >Third generation: higher level languages.
- >Fourth and higher: marketing hype.
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- Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept., Camosun College, Victoria B.C.
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