Computer Programming: A Brief History

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Author
Mckay, Samuel
Keyword
First Reader David H. Jameson
Senior Project
Semester Fall 2018
Readers/Advisors
Jameson, David
Term and Year
Fall 2018
Date Published
2018

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/13882
Abstract
The idea of the modern computer can be traced back to the work of Alan Turing, a mathematician from England. Turing wrote a paper published in 1937 which utilized theoretical “universal computing machines” to solve computational problems. These machines are now known as Turing Machines. Subsequently, programmable models of computation were created by inventor Konrad Zuse in the 1940s. In the 1950s, the IBM Corporation had created a model called the IBM 704. These early models of computers had to be programmed using machine instructions and assembly language. Breakthroughs in programming began with the language of FORTRAN in 1953, and shortly thereafter with iterations of ALGOL, COBOL and LISP. Over time, computers got smaller and faster, and programming languages got more efficient and effective at being useful tools for the creation of programs, by analyzing and synthesizing properties of prior languages. This essay examines a history of programming languages beginning with FORTRAN and advancing all the way to Rust.
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