Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: "Derek M. Jones" Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Languages from the 1950s Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:16:30 +0100 Organization: virginmedia.com Lines: 13 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <20-03-030@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="5365"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: history, comment Posted-Date: 31 Mar 2020 12:04:49 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2501 All, I looking for manuals for languages from the 1950s, the earlier the better. There were lots of languages around (we just don't know much about them today): http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2017/05/21/evidence-for-28-possible-compilers-in-1957/ -- Derek M. Jones blog:shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com [I presume you've looked through bitsavers. -John]