How We Used To Be
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An overview of a 1969 language survey that catalogs 120 languages with over 800 bibliographic references and example code for major families claims high level languages let users ignore machine details except when chasing maximum efficiency it notes compilation time dominated development then debugging trades off between high and low level views it argues language specification must remain distinct from implementation and standardization should not block technical progress while usefulness only appears after long-term use and evaluation
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