The History and Evolution of Programming Languages

From punch cards to modern languages: how programming itself has evolved.

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1. The History and Evolution of Programming Languages

A journey through the evolution of programming, from Ada Lovelace's first algorithm and raw machine code to the high-level, object-oriented, and AI-assisted languages that power software today.