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Programming Languages: History and Fundamentals
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<p><i>Programming Languages: History and Fundamentals</i> is a book about <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming languages</a> written by <a href="/facts/Jean_E._Sammet/cYLAq0M4">Jean E. Sammet</a>. Published in 1969, the book gives an overview of the <a href="/facts/State_of_the_art/yWnC7yQI">state of the art</a> of programming in the late 1960s, and records the <a href="/facts/History_of_programming_languages/0MAFKehA">history of programming languages</a> up to that time. </p><p>The book was considered a standard work on programming languages by professionals in the field. According to Dag Spicer, senior curator of the <a href="/facts/Computer_History_Museum/Y9Q5XevR">Computer History Museum</a>, <i>Programming Languages</i> "was, and remains, a classic." </p>