The Syntax Chronicles: The Evolution of Programming Languages
An explanation for non-techies
This article is intentionally written in noob style because it is not aimed at professionals, but at people outside the tech industry.
As I already wrote in my article “The Syntax Chronicles: From Fashion to Code — How Nothing and Everything Changes”, there is no escape from IT and programming. Ever since Joseph-Marie Jacquard developed the punch card system for programming the weaving pattern of his fabrics in the 18th century, the influence of programming languages grew.
But what exactly is a programming language?
Programming language [] a formal language with fixed formation rules (syntax) to define data structures and algorithms. — Informatik verstehen
Now for non-techies
A programming language is a communication language deliberately developed by humans for communication with automata or computers.
As with human languages, there are many different languages and each has its own focus. Like in human languages there are languages where there are about 100 different words for snow, all different, but in…
