Masterminds of programming

"Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages. In this unique interview collection, you'll learn about the processes that led to specific design decisions, including the goals these pioneers had...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Biancuzzi, Federico
Other Authors: Warden, Shane
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sebastopol, Calif. O'Reilly Media 2009
Edition:1st ed
Series:Theory in practice
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • C++ / Bjarne Stroustrup
  • Python / Guido von Rossum
  • APL / Adin D. Falkoff
  • Forth / Charles D. Moore
  • BASIC / Thomas E. Kurtz
  • AWK / Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan
  • Lua / Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo and Roberto Ierusalimschy
  • Haskell / Simon Peyton Jones [and others]
  • ML / Robin Milner
  • SQL / Don Chamberlin
  • Objective-C / Brad Cox and Tom Love
  • Java / James Gosling
  • C♯ / Anders Hejlsberg
  • UML / Ivar Jacobson, James Rumbaugh, and Grady Booch
  • Perl / Larry Wall
  • PostScript / Charles Geschke and John Warnock
  • Eiffel / Bertrand Meyer