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by turnersr 5158 days ago
I think www.classes.cs.uchicago.edu/current/22300-1/lectures/FP_history.pdf is a better graph because it focuses more on functional languages and the layout is easier to navigate.
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fogus 5158 days ago
That is a very nice graph. I was shooting for a more comprehensive graph, but as you see at the cost of comprehension.
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lukeschlather 5158 days ago
Why did you include Fortran and Algol? I'm curious what warrants their inclusion, but not BASIC or ADA or a variety of other languages... they certainly don't meet the textbook definition of "functional."
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dons 5158 days ago
a) it focuses /less/ on functional languages, since it includes many fewer.

The nice one about this graph is that it is relatively complete.

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