Sir, Please Step Away from the AS R-33!

The article examines the history and evolution of computer programming languages and specifically critiques the Go computer language developed by programmer Rob Pike. While there has been a focus on moving away from the parameters established by the character-encoding scheme ASCII (American Standard...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 53; no. 11; pp. 56 - 58
Main Author:	KAMP, POUL-HENNING
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Nov2010
Subjects:	Programming languages Pike, Rob ASCII (Character set) Unicode (Computer character set) C++ APL (Computer program language)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article examines the history and evolution of computer programming languages and specifically critiques the Go computer language developed by programmer Rob Pike. While there has been a focus on moving away from the parameters established by the character-encoding scheme ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), the author urges that Pike’s language is formed to ASCII as opposed to the more recent Unicode. A history of programming languages is offered, including the development of C++ and APL.