Article | REF: H2000 V3

Programming languages

Author: Christian QUEINNEC

Publication date: October 10, 2018, Review date: January 5, 2021

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2. Forces

Here, we present the main forces governing computer languages. Some come from hardware (CPU, GPU, bus...) or interaction devices (keyboard, mouse, tactile surface...), but most are born of computing itself and its growing complexity.

2.1 Effectiveness

The first role of a description is to be useful, i.e. to be analyzable information on which to base knowledge. Thanks to the availability of computers, it can also be implemented and thus have an effect.

The invention of Fortran [H 2 120]...

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